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TIL that a Mythbusters experiment once resulted in a cannibalized mouse

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Oj7X TIL Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s first WWF persona was Rocky Maivia, a face (good guy). The audience rejected him due to his cheesy character, with chants of “Die, Rocky, die!”. After this, he became a heel (villain), referring to himself in the third person as “The Rock” and insulting the audience.
Zpx7D TIL that a real estate agent in NYC used to buy the bread of all of the Orthodox Jews in NYC during Passover and then sell it back to them at cost so they didn't break Rabinical law.
XEyBR TIL that in 1983, after a mid-air collision, an F-15 pilot continued flying and made a successful emergency landing, only to find out after he landed that he lost the entire right wing in the collision.
e0abk TIL the dwarf actors in the 1987 film The Garbage Pail Kids Movie could only survive in their costumes for five to seven minutes before their oxygen depleted, so a paramedic with a stop watch was required on set in order to keep the takes quick, and the actors from asphyxiating.
D6rg TIL that a failed coup lead by pilots of King’s Hassan II of Morocco attacked his Boeing 727 jetliner using four Northrop F-5 jets. Damaging the fuselage, the king himself grabbed the radio and shouted “Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!” Fooling the rebel pilots to break off their attack.