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TIL Russian has surpassed German the second most used language on the web (behind English)

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GArGE TIL that in 1989, British Midland Flight 92 had its left engine fail. However, the captain proceeded to turn off the right engine despite repeated indications on instruments and flight attendant observations. It ended up killing 47 people due to the captain’s inexperience with the newer plane model
9wNZQ TIL MI6 believed Saddam Hussein was continuing to produce WMDs based on information provided by a false agent who based his reports using scenes from the movie The Rock
d8kbd TIL that Churches in the 19th century would give out ice cream, dubbing the events "Ice Cream Socials"
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