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TDIL: Russia Had Its Own 'Miracle on the Hudson' Despite Pilot Error

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lDaN TIL Elvis Costello was banned from SNL after switching from “Less than Zero” to “Radio, Radio” mid performance. SNL’s producer gave him the finger for the duration of the song.
5Z89 TIL the son of the man who founded conversion therapy came out as gay.
epaOD TIL the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, 40 km southeast of Inukjuak, Quebec, contained fossils that have been dated to 4,388 million years ago. If this is confirmed, it would make these microorganisms the oldest lifeform on Earth. The Earth is estimated to have formed 4.54 billion years ago.
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