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TIL that in 2012, 400 Spanish soccer fans wanted to see their club play in the Europa League final held in Bucharest, Romania. By mistake, they chartered a plane to Budapest, Hungary.

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P1grO TIL that between 2010 and 2012, Jerome Powell worked on getting Congress to raise the U.S. debt ceiling during the debt-ceiling crisis of 2011. He presented the implications to the economy and interest rates of a default or a delay in raising the debt ceiling. He worked for a salary of $1 per year.
KO0A9 TIL that Germans make up the largest ancestry group in the US followed by African Americans, Irish, Mexican and English. The German language was for a time the second most commonly spoken language in the US before the stigma of "speaking the enemy's language" during the World Wars.
N7kXJ TIL Sky Burials is a practice that leaves dead bodies out in the open to be eaten by vultures. It was a popular form of decomposing a human body in many cultures. It is still practiced in various main cultures and is not interfered by the law.
yQmdp TIL the first police force of New South Wales (Australia) consisted of eight of the best-behaved convicts
mxZwM TIL In-n-Out Burger Store managers make 160K a year