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TIl that the real life Top Gun flight school became so sick and tired of the constant movie references that they imposed a $5 fine to any staff member that quotes the movie

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wrMJ TIL millions of bats in North America are dying from a disease called White Nose Syndrome. Scientists don’t know how to treat the illness. In 2008 an estimated 2.4 million pounds of insects went uneaten due to the diminished bat population, causing major strain on agriculture in New England.
epxjJ TIL the Royal Welsh regiment includes a goat as a ranking soldier. Fusilier William Windsor was appointed on the 15th of June 2009, replacing Lance Corporal William Windsor (who was also a goat).
lJjG TIL that Pauly Shore’s highest rated film is ‘Pauly Shore is Dead’, a movie about how his career of being in awful movies drives him to contemplate suicide
kQy7 TIL that Marilyn Manson had a designated driver take a girl home from a house party. She got home, got in her own vehicle, and was killed on her way back to the party.
o0e7 TIL that when the first hot air balloon landed after its maiden flight, it was immediately destroyed by pitchfork-wielding peasants