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TIL Hitchbot, a hitchhiking robot, made it all the way across Canada, Germany and the Netherlands but failed to do the same in the U.S. because it was immediately beheaded in Philadelphia.

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PmdJ TIL The movie ‘Jaws’ was supposed to have a lot more shark in it. After experiencing daily technical problems with the mechanical shark, Steven Spielberg was forced to rewrite the script and focus more on the 'fear of the unknown’. It went on to become the highest grossing film of all time.
negBb TIL In 1987, a Boeing 737 hit a fish midair, about 400 feet past the runway. Upon inspection, they found a greasy spot with some scales, but no damage. The bald eagle which dropped the fish also escaped injury.
PYPMg TIL exactly 45 years ago (12/06/73), Nixon used his power under the 25th Amendment to appoint Ford as his new vice president the United States. To date, Ford remains the only person to assume the roles of both President and Vice President without having been elected by the electoral college.
pQo4 TIL in the Winter War, the Soviets, while bombing the Finns, claimed they were air-dropping food to the “starving people of Helinski”. The Finnish people dubbed the Soviet bombs “Molotov bread baskets”, and in return called their firebombs Molotov cocktails, as “a drink to go with the food.”
8pAZ TIL that in the 2:58 mark of Hey Jude, you can hear “fucking hell” as Paul McCartney makes a mistake on the piano. The band thought it was too funny to take out.