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TIL Donald Fagen wrote "Only a Fool Would Say That" to mock John Lennon's naive idealism

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g5ay TIL that John Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, had a wife with a severe speech impediment. And he protected her from the intense media coverage that followed his accomplishment and throughout their long life together.
nWVN9 TIL During WW2, the Japanese Navy developed the "San Shiki" anti-aircraft shell. Weighing 3000lb and 18 inches wide, it was to be fired from Battleships and when exploded, created a 5m long flame burning at 3000 Celsius for enemy planes to fly through.
d89rr TIL there was a “gay Hooters” restaurant in Dallas, Texas called Tallywackers that failed within a year of opening
PMBJ TIL that after Steve Irwin’s death, his fans began cutting the tails off stingrays in revenge attacks
9lW6 TIL the web-slinging and stunts in The Amazing Spider-Man were done with real wires and stuntmen, as opposed to the CGI in the original trilogy.