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TIL that during the construction of the Very Large Array radio telescope in New Mexico workers found a human skeleton. It was later identified as the body of a passenger that had been ejected from a passenger aircraft that had experienced decompression during an engine failure.

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ADkVo TIL 1998, the largest chemical company in the world (Syngenta) determined that their weedkiller Atrazine interfered with hormones; after exposure to atrazine, frogs that were genetic males became completely functioning reproductive females.
PNne TIL Zimbabwean president Mugabe celebrated his 91st birthday by dining on endangered wildlife, including two buffaloes, two elephants, one lion, two sables, and five impalas
D1elJ TIL Canadians love to say 'I'm sorry' so much they had to make a law stipulating that an apology of any kind is not an admission of fault or liability
BOAd TIL in medical dramas, 75% of patients who receive CPR are revived. A study of real-world patients found the rate to be as low as 4%
wLLW1 Because most early rotary engines turned counterclockwise (from the front, clockwise from the pilot's view). The physics of rotating objects resulted in left turns being easier than right turns. That led to standard manoeuvres using left turns. And that resulted in the prime/most experienced pilot sitting with a view out of the left window, once airplanes grew large enough to have side-by-side pilots.