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TIL that the real Top Gun School imposes a $5 fine to any staff member that quotes the movie

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7rVmb TIL that the word "sophomore" means "wise fool" in Greek, describing the tendency of adolescents to behave so irrationally despite thinking rationally sometimes.
neWlW TIL in the 1863 New York City Draft Riots, a mob that was going to loot the New York Times' building was held back by NYTimes staff manning Gatling guns, including the paper's founder
rm4o TIL That NASA is not the only space program in the United States. NASA is the civilian space program. The other is the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC), highly classified with barely any information found on its technology or its explorations.
GAow4 TIL American TV show Bait Car unintentionally helped a car thief dismiss his charges. Cameras caught the arresting officer say "You watch TV. You know your rights and all that?” instead of properly reading the thief's Miranda rights, leading to evidence becoming unusable.
W7VbN TIL: Corn plants release thousands of gallons of water into the air every day as they grow (transpiration). This can change the humidity of the air and even the weather in the corn belt.