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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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VMJnB TIL that the M&M’s candies are named as such to represent ‘Mars’ and ‘Murrie’, the last names of the candy’s founders.
grQwW TIL Several months before Ed Sullivan, George Harrison performed with a local band in Eldorado, Illinois, a small town in the southern part of the state. This was the first public performance by a Beatle in the US
YYwP TIL there have been over 2,000 nuclear bombs dropped on the world since 1945.
K4kR TIL of the HMS Black Joke, which was previously a Brazilian slave ship called the Henriquetta. It was captured by the Royal Navy and repurposed to chase down slave ships, ultimately freeing hundreds of slaves during her five-year career.
4k985 TIL An award worth between 15 and 30 percent of the total proceeds that IRS collects will be paid, if the IRS moves ahead based on the information provided. Under the law, these awards will be paid when the amount identified by the whistleblower is more than $2 million.