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TIL after recording the first "2000-Year-Old Man" record, Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner weren't sure people would like it. Then Cary Grant played it for the Queen of England, who loved it. Brooks said, "Well if the biggest shiksa in the world loves it, we're home free." The record launched their careers.

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wlXo TIL Hunter S. Thompson was part of an appeal which led to an overturned conviction in the case of a woman sentenced to life in prison without parole for the felony murder of a police officer, a crime which took place while she was locked in the back of a squad car!
EB0P TIL that the breathing fluid in The Abyss(1989) is real and that the scene with the rat breathing the fluid wasn’t faked, with the rat actually breathing the oxygenated fluid.
9wrDQ TIL that the U.S. Army officially began fielding its replacement for the M4 this month. The M7 rifle will be distributed to the Army’s entire close combat force of infantry, paratroopers and scouts.
b6pE9 TIL that Chicago--AKA "The Windy City"--is not even in the top 11 windiest cities in America and isn't even especially windy.
OG0Da TIL a jet on autopilot continued flying for over 4 hours after all on board had died due to rapid depressurization. It was carrying 11 time PGA winner Payne Stewart. Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien authorized the Royal Canadian Air Force to shoot down the plane if it entered Canadian airspace.