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TIL that the SR71 Blackbird (fastest plane ever) used to covertly spy on the Soviet Union during the cold war, was built from Titanium that the US anonymously bought from Russia.

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WkB98 TIL that John Cassavetes, Peter Falk & Ben Gazzara appeared quite drunk on The Dick Cavett show. They were promoting their movie "Husbands" and basically tormented Cavett for 35 minutes while flopping around, smoking and just being plain old asses. Link to clip in the comments.
dD999 TIL that the largest ballpoint pen measures in at 5.5 metres (18 feet 0.53 inches) in length and weighs 37.23 kilogrammes (82.08 pounds, 1.24 ounces).
mx4O TIL that there is a satellite called LAGEOS that will return to earth in 8.4 million years. Inscribed on it is a picture of what scientists think the continents will look like at that time.
4X7ZN TiL Joseph Williams, the lead singer of Toto is composer John Williams' son. He also sang the theme song for 'Adventures of the Gummi Bears'.
XED1r TIL that George C. Scott refused the Academy Award for his portrayal of George Patton on philosophical grounds. His reasoning was that dramatic performances were so unique that to compare them to each other was impossible.