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TIL that James Bond was named after an ornithologist whose field guides Ian Fleming, a prolific birdwatcher, read while on vacation.

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X0LeX TIL about "It's Pat," a 1994 comedy movie based on the SNL character Pat, an androgynous misfit played by Julia Sweeney. It bombed at the box office so badly (grossing only $60,822 against an $8 million budget) that Touchstone Pictures pulled it from theaters after it's opening weekend.
Z8k9v TIL that the 1st WTC attack resulted in 28 people being rescued from the roof with helicopters.
ZxZp TIL that FEMA uses Waffle Houses being open as an indicator of how bad a natural disaster is.
agvA TIL that congressional approval for the first Gulf War was effected by the testimony of a Kuwaiti nurse who claimed to have witnessed Iraqi soldiers pulling babies out of incubators and throwing them on the floor to die. This never happened. The nurse was not a nurse. She was coached by a PR firm.
Y7RmZ TIL, On March 30, 2023, Non-Licensed DoorDash driver Latrell Katherine, was out making a delivery when he ran over 35-year-old Tesa Steele, who was walking home from work and crossing the street when she was hit.