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TIL Tom Cruise is one inch too short to qualify to become a Navy pilot, let alone a Top Gun.

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ANN4g TIL The subtitle for the 1880 novel Ben Hur is A Tale of the Christ. The movie poster for the 1959 film had "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents A Tale of the Christ".
x64mw TIL in 2012 an 11-yr-old boy disappeared while shopping with his mom & then made his way to an airport. After he passed 5 security checks without a passport or boarding pass by tagging along with a family, he was able to board a flight from Manchester to Rome alone. He was discovered after takeoff.
X0VKX TIL On May 7th, 1952, Geoffrey W.A. Dummer first published the concept of the integrated circuit. This breakthrough allowed complex electronic circuits to be built on a single chip, becoming the foundation for modern computers, smartphones, laptops, and countless other electronic devices.
yQ6we TIL of Dr. Story Musgrave, a NASA astronaut who made history on STS-80 by not getting into his seat before re-entry. He instead stood up on the flight deck "surfing" the Space Shuttle while it decelerated from 17,000mph to 0mph. He is the only person to have seen re-entry plasma with his bare eyes.
MeEwm TIL Al Capone, set up an empty storefront with a bookshelf, a broken piano and old tables & chairs to look like an antique store. With advice from a friend, Capone learned to carry himself with the air of a legitimate businessman. Capone printed cards that read: Second Hand Furniture Dealer.