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TIL that David Werder sat on a flagpole for over a year to protest gas prices in 1982-1984

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w8lJ TIL: in 1984, a ball of lightning burned a hole into a Soviet passenger airliner mid-flight, then vanished with a bang. It reappeared moments later in the passenger area (floating above their heads), split into two crescent shapes, then finally rejoined and burned a new exit hole to leave the plane.
Jr7k TIL that the USPS is a year older than the United States
4kEkR TIL that - largely from 1400s onwards - parts of India have had centuries of African rulers. Mainly from East Africa, they rose from merchants, pirates, bodyguards and even slaves to Kings, Admirals, Generals and ruled some princely states well into the 1940s...
QvrE TIL a group of soldiers ran the Boston Marathon wearing full uniforms and 40lb backpacks, when the bombing happened, they were there to help
QePE TIL that “Get Me Off Your Fucking Mailing List” is an actual scientific paper and was accepted to the International Journal of Advanced Computer Technology.