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TIL Haggis was banned from being imported into the United States due to the content being 10-15% sheep’s lung.

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M47W TIL that the Apollo 10 lunar module is 100% intact and orbiting the sun.
45kw TIL a United Airlines passenger fell asleep on a flight and woke up locked in an empty plane. She was discovered by a maintenance crew after 4 hours! At which point she was detained and questioned.
Ayyo TIL Plato was originally called Aristocles, later acquiring the nickname Plato (meaning “broad”) because of his muscular physique.
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e0PJ5 TIL that a man named Oswald can be heard only at Embankment station saying "mind the gap". In 2012 they were planning on changing all voiceovers but decided not to at this station when Oswalds wife told them that he had passed away in 2007. She loved listening to him when on the way to work.