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TIL Nicolas Cage was once stalked by a mime, and broke into his house and watched him sleep.

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78LKp TIL of the egg fried rice protests, a form of anti government protest In China where internet users post recipes for fried rice on October 24th, and November 25th. This is in reference to the birth and death of the son of Mao Zedong, who died from a bomb whilst cooking outside during the Korean war
wba6 TIL: Alaska’s oil tax credit program will pay more in corporate subsidies to small oil and gas companies than the state is forecast to collect in total oil production taxes.
XW7k TIL An American NASA scientist has been in solitary confinement in Turkey for over eight months, the evidence against him being one US dollar bill.
OGOa6 TIL the 7 placebo pills of hormonal contraceptives have no medical function. They were included in the 1960s to mimic menstruation and improve social and religious acceptance, especially in hopes of approval from the Catholic Church.
0dpo5 TIL in 1990, a panel of the windscreen on British Airways Flight 5390 fell out at 17,000ft, causing the cockpit to decompress & its captain to be sucked halfway out of the aircraft. He survived.