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TIL that Steve Irwin’s last words were “Don’t worry, they usually don’t swim backwards”

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R5Va6 TIL That prior to 9/11 knives up to 4 inches long were allowed in aircraft cabins
ANZyg TIL that the actor who portrayed the little boy in The Ring is now an attorney for the U.S. House of Representatives. He is the Legislative Director & General Counsel to the Energy & Commerce Committee’s Vice Chair and Homeland Security Committee’s Cybersecurity Subcommittee Emeritus Chair.
Y7ZkZ TIL that as a student Missy Elliott scored so high on intelligence tests that she skipped two years in school. As a result of the move she felt isolated so she failed on purpose in order to return to her original class.
9wO9M TIL Lockheed’s Skunk Works was named as such be of a stench. The original team had a super time critical first project and had to sleep near Lockheeds assembly plant in a parking lot in a rented circus tent - next to a plastic factory.
GkM1 TIL in 1970, Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Aspen against an conservative, ex-military Republican incumbent. Thompson shaved his head totally bald, so he could refer to the competing party, who was sporting a close-cropped crewcut, as ‘my longhaired opponent’ in speeches and interviews.