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TIL that the highest salaries on the Department of Defense payroll are the head football coaches of the three military academies.

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dDrKr TIL that a 2017 McDonald's commercial was pulled after being slammed by numerous complaints as exploitative. The commercial featured a boy who is talking with his mom and trying to find something in common with his late father. At the end he finally finds something - they both liked the Filet-O-Fish
R7yr1 TIL that actor Crispin Glover, most famous as George McFly, lives in a 400 year old, 17-bedroom, 20-acre estate in Konarovice, Czech Republic that he has lovingly restored.
jN61n TIL that electric cars had some success 100 years ago circa 1910. It was Thomas Edison's first car, and Jay Leno has one too.
ZMka TIL that a Labrador Retriever service dog pulled his disabled owner into the recovery position after he was struck unconscious, then covered him with a blanket. Retrieved his mobile phone and pushed it against his face, and only left his owner to fetch help once he had regained consciousness.
4XK6w TIL Buzz Aldrin, who landed on the moon in 1969, also became the oldest person to visit the South Pole at 86 years of age in 2016.