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TIL Pablo Escobar visited the White House circa 1981 with his family despite the FBI searching for him. It's even said that he also went to Disney Land.

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LkPJQ TIL that 20th Century Fox sued Universal Studios in 1978, claiming that Battlestar Galactica used 34 distinct ideas stolen from Star Wars. Universal sued Fox, claiming that Star Wars took ideas from Buck Rogers and Silent Running. The case lasted 5 years before the studios settled out of court.
jZEv TIL that before Sylvester Stallone sold the script for Rocky, he was homeless and sold his dog for $50. A week later, he sold the script and bought his dog back for $3000.
BgVMK TIL a study in the 1920s found that one out of 17 invertebrates caught in midair is a spider. They can get all the way up into jet streams and survive there for a few weeks.
rNKYw TIL That Court Jesters could freely mock the rulers and that their jesting was often a way to give guidance.
N7AOe TIL that the current 50-star American flag was designed by a kid in high school.