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TIL California has oil rigs hidden in fake buildings in plain sight

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4X0jo TIL that every then-living ex-President of the United States - Nixon, Ford, Carter and Reagan - was offered a guest role in The Simpsons episode Krusty Gets Kancelled. Only Ronald Reagan responded to the offer, politely declining.
jRBp TIL there’s an equivalent to Godwin’s Law for gun ownership debates called Markley’s Law: As an online discussion of gun owners’ rights grows longer, the probability of an ad hominem attack involving penis size approaches 1
bDD9 TIL when a Russian man’s family died in a 2002 plane crash over Germany, he tracked down the air traffic controller he felt was responsible and murdered them in front of their family. For this, he spent 3 years in a Swiss prison, then returned home and was appointed as a deputy to a govt. ministry.
yVbpl TIL that they’re called wisdom teeth because they begin to come through our gums when we are young adults, and we become “older and wiser” with the passing of time.
epJb TIL: Ryan Gossling took time off from acting to pursue his musical career with his band “Dead Man’s Bones”. The band makes creepy Halloween-type music, complete with children’s choir and all.