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TIL That there is an Enigma message that hasn't been broken yet

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naBG TIL that Virginia rounds up its sex offenders to be held at the courthouse during trick-or-treating hours.
R7pga TIL John Hughes filmed "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" concurrently to save time and money. He even used the same closed high school for the interior scenes, but built a second library in the gym for "Breakfast Club" as the original was too small.
oR1PE TIL that Sigourney Weaver earned $1,000,000 and a share of the profits for Aliens (1986), whereas she earned only $35,000 for Alien (1979).
9w8VB TIL that most of the elite archers use unanticipated (surprise) release of an arrow. Because it allows the arrow to depart the bow before brain can bring the impact bracing factor into play. Which is a natural reflex like putting out an arm to compensate for an impending fall or simple flinching.
woEK6 TIL Air Traffic Controllers, who were fired and banned for life by Ronald Reagan for striking, actually endorsed Republican Party candidate Ronald Reagan during the election of 1980 through their union PATCO.