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TIL there is a gay gun rights group called Pink Pistols, whose motto is, “Armed gays don’t get bashed”

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4pK5 TIL Before shooting Dogma, Kevin Smith warned Jason Mewes that he needed to be on point due to the involvement of actors such as Alan Rickman. Mewes then memorized the dialogue for every character in the entire screenplay. His motivation? Because he “didn’t want to piss off that Rickman dude.”
R5aWw TIL that numerous writers who have worked on the comic book character John Constantine have, independently of one another, claimed to have been approached by him in real life, despite him being a fictional character
deR9 TIL it is legal in 25 states for police to detain persons and request such persons to identify themselves, and arrest them if they do not.
woEDE TIL: Chuck Feeney (who died today) donated over $8B over his lifetime, nearly the entirety of his wealth, and mostly anonymously
6R5Z TIL researchers used a weather balloon to carry 200 paper planes 20 miles up from a barn in Wolfsberg, Germany. The planes were released and found in numerous countries, such as Australia, Russia, and India.