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TIL Patrick Swayze’s Vietnam draft lottery number of 141 was called in 1970, but he quite probably avoided the draft due to a career ending knee injury he received while playing high school football.

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VM1Ep TIL that a group of Butterflies is called a kaleidoscope.
k5ng TIL that a captive killer whale at MarineLand discovered it could regurgitate fish onto the surface of the water, attracting sea gulls, and then eat the birds. Four others then learned to copy the behavior.
oyxr TIL Frank Sinatra did not serve in World War II because he was classified 4-F, but also that doctors believed that he was “neurotic” and “not acceptable material from a psychiatric standpoint”.
5PRP TIL “It’s A Wonderful Life” was classified as Communist Propaganda by the F.B.I. because it “deliberately maligned the upper class, attempting to show the people who had money were mean and despicable characters.”
xAb0 TIL In 1990 British Airways pilot Tim Lancaster was sucked out of a window when it broke off and was pinned to the aircraft for 20 minutes while crew clung to his legs before landing. He suffered only minor injuries and was flying within 5 months.