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TIL Tom Brady’s body guards were convicted of attempted murder trying to retrieve pics from the paparazzi

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Egk9P TIL that the Prussian language, which has been extinct since the 17th century, is slowly being revived, and for the first time, children are growing up with it as their first language.
xVJVB TIL that during the extreme heat and physical strain of some of the Formula 1 races, driver[s] can lose up to 5 kilos of weight.
Bvbr TIL in 1908, Lieutenant Thomas O. Selfridge did a test flight with Orville Wright in one of his planes to see if the US Army would be interested in buying the plane and its design. Orville crashed the plane and the lieutenant died. The US Army purchased the plane anyway.
1EAO TIL there is an unreleased experimental Russian film where nobody on set was allowed to admit they were part of a movie production. Everyone had to pretend they were living in the 50’s for three whole years. The entire set was even wired to reproduce the effect of living under the Soviet regime.
1axd4 TIL The "Jesus Nut" or "Jesus Pin" is the only component holding the rotor blades on certain helicopters. It was nicknamed during the Vietnam war because if it were to fail in flight, the rotor blades would lift off of the helicopter and the crew would have nothing else to do but pray to Jesus.