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TIL the 1986 film Top Gun was such a success it grossed $356 million USD & US Navy pilot recruitment increased 500%

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0wboN TIL when Jack Gordon tried to bribe Senator Harry Reid back when he was the Nevada gaming commissioner, he notified the FBI and on the day of the sting, he screamed 'You son of a bitch!' and tried to STRANGLE Gordon, but the FBI agents pulled Reid off of him.
rNmgW TIL a population bottleneck occurred in human evolution about 70,000 years ago, and one theory for why this occurred is a supervolcano eruption in Indonesia. It caused a volcanic winter, which resulted in a drop of the global mean surface temperature by 3–5 °C.
QJgB6 TIL that due to the effect that gravity has on time, the core of the earth is approximately 2.5 years younger than the surface
41lX TIL “Mobbing” is a practice among Hawaiian monk seal where multiple males attack one female in an attempt to mate
OZyg TIL after escaping from prison a man & his girlfriend were partying in New Orleans. At one point, they couldn’t find their car filled with drugs and stolen items. the man flagged down a police car and asked for help finding his car; the cops found it and posed for a picture before leaving