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TIL that in back to the future 2 , in the cafe 80s scene , at the end of the cafe it was Elijah Wood( kid on the left ) trying to play the gunslinger game .

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oMeE TIL that 6 of the most famous speeches in history; Eisenhower’s “military–industrial complex”, JFK’s “ask not what your country can do”, “we choose to go to the moon”, Mandela’s “I am prepared to die”, JFK’s “ich bin ein Berliner”, and MLK’s “I have a dream” were made within 2 years of each other.
nWdk7 TIL Paul Newman started his own salad dressing back in 1982. He would then go on to donate 100% of the company’s profits to multiple charities.
E1NdW TIL that in 1994, the pilot of a commercial airline allowed his 16-year-old son to sit at the plane's controls during a flight. The kid touched something he shouldn't have, inadvertently disengaged the autopilot and caused the plane to crash. Everyone onboard perished.
vP4EK TIL of the "D-Day Daily Telegraph crossword security alarm", where codenames related to the Operation Overlord plans appeared as solutions in crosswords in the British newspaper.
yVbGl TIL During a 1972 John Lennon/Chuck Berry jam session that the sound engineers muted yokos mic.