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TIL that the surname “Kennedy” means “ugly head” in Gaelic.

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R5xwj TIL The ship "Conception" burned down and killed 33 scuba divers and one crewman in 2019, the captain of the ship, Jerry Boylan, jumped off the ship before anyone else. Four crewmen and the captain survived.
Y697 TIL that David Bowie was so zonked out on drugs that he barely remembers making his album “Station to Station.”
YvKA TIL in 1999, Ben Stiller made a pilot starring Jack Black as a former astronaut. He was exposed to inappropriate levels of solar energy, giving him superintelligence. And Owen Wilson played Heat Vision, a talking motorcycle.
4kMbw TIL The only plane permitted to fly on 9/11 after the attacks was a plane flying from San Diego to Miami to deliver anti-venom to a man bitten by a highly poisonous snake; it was escorted by two fighter jets
rV8e TIL that in Australia you can be charged with supplying drugs based purely on text messages. No need for the police to see drugs / money change hands or find drugs on either person.