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TIL just how massive and well coordinated the opening air attack on Iraq was in Desert Storm. Multiple countries were involved, multiple types of different aircraft were used, and hundreds of aircraft in the air all at the same time, it was an incredible effort.

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6EZM8 TIL that a man from Australia survived a car accident, buys a lottery ticket shortly after 15 days in a coma and wins. The news finds out, asks him to reenact the ticket purchase, he wins a larger amount than the first on live TV.
Y1xr TIL that the Marines in Aliens were asked to read Robert A. Heinlein’s novel Starship Troopers and undergo military training before the shoot.
Oo0BX TIL: The Prince Philip Movement is a religious sect followed by the Kastom people on the southern island of Tanna in Vanuatu. It is a cargo cult of the Yaohnanen tribe, who believe that Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the consort to Queen Elizabeth II, is a divine being.
loPoV TIL in 1985 a private party sold 1.5 million shares of Apple causing a 12-year low. This helped Steve Jobs in a proposal that Apple oust CEO Gil Amelio and he become the replacement. It was later revealed that the privately sold 1.5 million shares (over $60B today) was sold by Steve Jobs.
6laZ TIL before R.L. Stine published his award winning children’s book series “Goosebumps” He was contracted to write “Spaceballs: The Book”