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TIL that 30% of American adults use Facebook as their primary source of news

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D1pYY TIL during Malcolm X's burglary career, he once played Russian roulette pulling the trigger three times in a row to convince his partners in crime that he wasn't afraid to die. He later revealed to Alex Haley that he palmed the round.
pY0Oe TIL about Binturongs, AKA Bearcats. They smell like popcorn, and have ankles that can rotate 180°.
Br1ML TIL Lawrence McKinney got $75 after being wrongly imprisoned for 31 years. The Tennessee Board of Parole denied McKinney’s request to exonerate him by a 7-0 vote at a hearing. A formal exoneration could open a pathway to $1 million in compensation.
o758 TIL there is a theatre company that reenacts the last moments of doomed flights by acting out the cockpit voice recordings.
AaKg TIL that Bruce Lee’s kicks were so fast, that for one scene in Enter the Dragon they had to re- film it in slow motion so that it wouldn’t appear fake.