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TIL that NASA has a radio station called Third Rock Radio which plays only alternative rock.

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8agvV TIL that Griffith Park in Los Angeles, California was named after a man who shot and killed his wife in an alcohol-fueled rage. He was convicted of attempted murder and spent two years in San Quentin.
6Rm TIL, it’s possible for a fighter jet to travel so fast that it overcomes it’s own bullets and shoots itself down.
EgpM7 TIL, Bees Can Get Drunk, Guard Bees will notice it in their Waggle Dance and may punish them, including breaking their legs as a warning to other bees.
vvBx TIL of a man who joined the Marines as a private, got promoted to Sergeant and then became an officer as a Lieutenant, then got discharged, enlisted as a Private again, then became an officer again, and ended up being a Lieutenant General
ZM9a TIL In WWII, a Polish soldier volunteered to be thrown in Auschwitz and escape to prove to the Allies that the Holocaust was real.