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TIL the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress' official nickname is "BUFF" which is an acronym for "Big Ugly Fat Fucker"

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nRao TIL that in 1982 an animated Gilligan’s Island sequel was made, where the castaways built a spaceship to get home, but due to Gilligan they ended up crash-landing on an alien planet.
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