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TIL There's a man with the surname "Innocent" on the FBI's most wanted list

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woyv7 TIL that Jack Paar walked off "The Tonight Show" during a live recording after censors cut a joke about a water closet the previous night
vPRxB TIL I learned for the Voyager program engineers computed 10,000 potential trajectories. This was done not only to optimize the journey but also avoid having voyager reach a planet at Christmas or Thanksgiving time.
1annD TIL in 139 episodes of CHiPs, Ponch and John never drew their guns, and only three guns were drawn in the entire run of the show
dGwB TIL that students at Oxford University are required to wear academic dress for all of their examinations - including a suit, gown, bowtie, and colour coded carnation. Students wear different gowns depending on their grades. Cambridge no longer has such dress for exams.
porA TIL multilinguals who speak two or more languages change their personality when they change language.