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TIL that in N.A.S.A.'s management training programs, new managers are shown the film Armageddon(1998) and are given the task of trying to spot as many errors as possible. So far, at least one hundred sixty-eight have been found.

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eWY4 TIL that a Catholic priest named Michael Clegg first began distributing ecstasy and at its peak he was delivering 500,000 pills to the Dallas area per month.
1aAPO TIL Transgender communities in India speak a secret language thought to have originated more than 200 years ago.
ePYb TIL fleeing the Japanese in WWII Burma, a group of refugees spent two days carving a 270-foot staircase into a mountain so that they and 52 elephants could escape
KOavG TIL that 50% of adults in Gary, Indiana are obese, making it the most overweight city in America.
X5or TIL In the mid-90s, a bar in Moscow named “The Hungry Duck” introduced a ladies night whereby only women were allowed in for two hours, and were given unlimited booze for free. At 10 p.m., following a male strip act, men were allowed in.