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TIL the 16-year-old son of a pilot was permitted to sit in the cockpit of an Aeroflot flight while it was on autopilot. However, he disengaged the autopilot, causing a chain of events that resulted in the plane crashing and the death of all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board.

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ndV7 TIL that there are contact lenses worn during sleep that reshape your cornea. When you wake up, your vision is as good as it would be if you were wearing glasses or contacts during the day. They’re also used to treat myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.
r50e TIL: The US is not in compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention - they missed their final extended deadline to destroy over 3000 tons of chemical weapons.
1am6X TIL about Matt Kennedy Gould. He was the only real person in a 1990's Big Brother type reality show called The Joe Schmo Show. The rest of the cast were all actors and actresses.
QJYWa TIL that year long Daylight Saving Time was attempted in 1974 but was so unpopular that it got repealed early
X0DD TIL that kangaroos do not fart and scientists hope to extract the bacteria responsible for eating the farts to reduce carbon dioxide from livestock.