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TIL in 2018 a ground service agent with no prior piloting experience (beyond playing flight simulators) stole a commercial plane and successfully executed barrel rolls and other stunts for more than an hour while having an emotional breakdown. He then intentionally crashed on a sparsely populated i

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yVbrJ TIL in 1900 William Schmidt, a gold miner, began hand-digging a half-mile tunnel in the Mojave Desert to transport ore for processing. After 20 years the ore could easily be transported on a new road, but Schmidt spent another two decades years finishing the tunnel, which was never used.
oRk8Y TIL When Michael Jackson bought the ATV catalogue in 1985 he not only acquired the rights to The Beatles songs but also the rights to Elvis, Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stones, Cher and Little Richard's songs among many others from various artists.
QJkBL TIL the most powerful radio station ever was so strong locals could hear it in pipes, bedsprings, and pots and pans. It was located in OH and it's broadcast covered the eastern half of the US.
8WJ8 TIL the letter X in “Xmas” is actually the Greek letter “Chi”, which is the Greek abbreviation of the word “Christ”.
LBXv TIL: the IRS seized $33,000 from the checking account of a cash-only restaurant owner because she had deposited less than $10,000 at a time, which they viewed as an attempt to avoid triggering a required government report.