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TIL that Nicolas Cage discovered Johnny Depp

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4X7Mw TIL That, in 1956, US Navy Ensign Thomas W, Attridge, while conducting a weapons test on his Gruman F-11 Tiger, aciidentally shot himself down when he flew his plane through cannon shells he had fired.
loKoG TIL: Hebrew was a dead language for about 1400 years, surviving only in written form. In the 1880s, Jewish linguists attempted to revive it, standardizing and developing Hebrew as a spoken language. Today, it has over 5 million native speakers.
d8r7E TIL that the Pledge of Allegiance was compulsory in US schools until a Jehovah Witness Father appealed to the court that saluting the flag in such a manner made it a "graven image," and by forcing his children to do so was an attack on this family's right to freedom of religion and speech.
WkpbX TIL that a Scottish scientist discovered that finger prints were unique, & asked Charles Darwin to help him promote the idea. Charles Darwin shared this with his nephew, who then claimed the finding as his own.
J1rYj TIL US adults bought more toys for themselves than for any other age group in the first quarter of 2024 for the first time ever, surpassing the historically-dominant preschooler (three-to five-year-olds) market. Up to 43% of adults had purchased a toy for themselves in the past year.