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TIL that the Swiss Air Force did not respond to the hijacking of EA Flight 702 because it was outside of office hours 08:00-12:00 - French and Italian aircraft escorted it to Geneva airport

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PYJ5w TIL that King Charles I, King of England, already taken prisoner, attempted to escape but was captured and imprisoned in Carisbrooke Castle in the Isle of Wight in 1647
Me8rV TIL The sequel to The Exorcist is actually a movie/novel called The Ninth Configuration and The Exorcist III is actually a story called Legion that has little to do with exorcism.
BV1D TIL of Cunningham’s Law: the idea that “the best way to get the right answer on the Internet is not to ask a question, it’s to post the wrong answer.”
5ddn TIL humans are bioluminescent. However, the light emitted by the body is 1000 times weaker than our eyes can pick up.
Mpkm TIL of Texas Representative J.J. Pickle, whose campaign trademark was “a ‘squeaky pickle’ rubber toy he handed out to those he met in area parades”. He was re-elected 15 times.