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TIL the F-35 fighter is the most expensive weapons program ever with a price tag of $1.5 trillion, and it’s still three years away from launch

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69Qww TIL actor Woody Harrelson's father was a convicted hitman, who killed a federal judge as one of his victims.
gMleb TIL in the 1988 box-office bomb "Mac and Me", the wheelchair-bound lead child character was played by a real wheelchair-bound actor with spina bifida. In real life, when people asked why he was in a wheelchair, the 12-year-old would reply, "Vietnam."
Wr59 TIL that in 1928 the founder of the Kodak company was so frustrated by the different number of days in each month, he insisted the company operate on a 13 month year, each month being exactly 4 weeks. They did this up until 1989.
0wDJv TIL About Dorothy Molter, aka "The Root Beer Lady," made root beer and sold it to thousands of passing canoeists in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW), near Ely, Minnesota.
GYVa1 TIL In 2010, Apple soldered RAM in some laptops which prevented upgrades. In 2015, they soldered the SSD in some laptops, also preventing upgrades.