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TIL NASA used IQ tests for determining which applicants will ultimately become astronauts

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grXR7 TIL that Donnie from The Wild Thornberrys was voiced by Flea of the Hot Chili Peppers
v1E8 TIL that in 1985 Philadelphia, The Police used a chopper to drop a self-made bomb on top of a highrise fortified by cultists, fired more than 10,000 rounds of ammunition and shot at cultists trying to escape from the house. The fire they tried to escape, started by the police, destroyed 65 houses.
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