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TIL of 6 suspected non-hijacked pilot suicides on commercial airlines: Japan Air Lines in 1982 (24 dead), SilkAir in 1997 (104 dead), EgyptAir in 1999 (217 dead), LAM Mozambique Airlines in 2013 (33 dead), Malaysia Airlines in 2014 (289 dead, plane not found), and Germanwings in 2015 (150 dead).

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4XDx6 TIL many of the star musicians involved in recording the infamous album Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends were under the assumption that they were making demo recordings. As a result, they disowned the album, which hurt its sales and Sutch's reputation.
KZZB TIL two years after Paul Revere’s ride, 16-year-old Sybil Ludington undertook a similar ride to raise the local militia, but she rode twice as far as Revere. In the rain. And fought off a highwayman with a musket.
kJPPe TIL that there's a mind-altering parasite that live inside cats and can infect humans through their feces that make you more entrepreneurial and prone to taking risks. And at least a third of the world population is infected.
gr1J8 TIL the heir to the throne of Thailand is Princess Sirivannavari. She is an accomplished athlete, model and clothing designer.
aKY9 TIL in 1953 North and South Korea created the DMZ, a demilitarized zone, between their two countries to discourage fighting. Today the 150 mile long strip of land is home to 1600 rare plants, 300 rare fungi, and houses some of the most endangered animals in the world, such as the White-Naped Crane.