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TIL that former pro skater, Jackass and CKY star Brandon Novak has become a Certified Intervention Professional and professional speaker following a 20 year cycle of substance abuse, and has written two books about his heroin addiction

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7rJgZ TIL Paul McCartney managed to make an appearance on Pink Floyds' album Dark Side of the Moon. At the end of track “Eclipse”, a passage from an orchestral version of the Beatles’ “Ticket to Ride” can be heard; the song was playing in the background at the Abbey Road studio during this recording!
gMy08 TIL after a passenger airline was shot down after accidentally entering Soviet airspace, President Ronald Reagan decided to authorize the U.S. military’s satellite-based global positioning system (GPS) for civilian use in order to prevent similar tragedies.
Oo0G4 TIL that during China's one child policy, most girls were simply not reported to officials, rather than killed/aborted. As many as 25 million unreported females may exist.
MeBGW TIL a woman in Utah kept her dead husband in a freezer for ten years so she could collect his veteran's benefits. He left a notarized note saying she hadn't killed him.
4k85R TIL the Solomon Islands were named as such because the explorer who discovered them thought they were the mythical land of Ophir, mentioned in the Bible as where King Solomon acquired his gold