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TIL Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr., Charlie Sheen, & Rob Lowe all are friends from high school.

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J1jjB TIL President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave a farewell speech that warned the U.S citizens about a military industrial complex In 1961
vP4MR TIL Fred Durst directed a movie starring John Travolta and Devon Sawa that only made $4,000 at the box office
yQ9JJ TIL when Volkswagen entered the US market in 1949, they only managed to sell two cars in their first year.
LQ0od TIL Apollo 15 astronaut Dave Scott got his drill stuck on the moon during an experiment. When he reached a depth of 5.3 feet, lunar soil particles rode up the helix of the drill bit and halted its momentum, postponing his task. The drill chuck was later auctioned for almost $50,000 in 2016
gM1XX TIL Antarctica has a fire department because fire poses a serious threat to the researchers there. Antartica is dry, windy, and doesn't have a lot of liquid water to douse the flame with.