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TIL a plane landed so softly it broke the landing gear

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xZAw TIL that Cristiano Ronaldo refuses to get any tattoos on his body just so he can continue on donating blood
LQxGd TIL that the Nemi ships, built in the 1st century AD during the reign of Roman emperor Caligula, were destroyed by fire during WW2.
Jpdl TIL the reason DC’s Metro trains are fake on some TV shows is because the transit authority won’t grant a filming permit if the scene shows something that isn’t actually allowed in the Metro system (criminal activity, panhandling, even running on the platform).
8jdL TIL Jackie Mitchell, a 17-year old girl, struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in six straight pitches about a week after being signed. A few days later, Commissioner Landis voided her contract because baseball was “too strenuous” for women.
E1NBW TIL between 1990 and 1997 the Hubble Space Telescope assigned several hours per year to projects proposed by amateur astronomers, some of which led to publishable discoveries, but these policy was discontinued due to budget reductions.