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TIL that guard geese were used to protect American military installations in West Germany in 1986

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Avkn TIL in 1965 a Boeing 707 had an engine blow up during flight and take 25 feet of wing with it. The plane made a safe emergency landing. Boeing then sent a second plane to pick up the stranded passengers and the front landing gear of that plane collapsed on the runway.
6Ev9X TIL in France, it’s against the law for grocery stores to throw away food. It must either be composted or donated to charity.
wL90o TIL After being upstaged by a mule outside of the opera where they were performing, the Marx Brothers switched from their musical act to telling jokes in order to keep the crowd entertained. It worked, and the rest is history.
J1Pa4 TIL that Nepal has a festival devoted entirely to celebrating dogs!
7BKM TIL a 75 year old woman was arrested after she took a hammer to a Comcast customer service center and smashed up the waiting room. “It had never occurred to me to take a hammer to a phone company before, but I was just so upset…”