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TIL Kim Jong-Il called his hairstyle the “speed battle cut”

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rD91 TIL that the Solar System’s stability is temporary, and in a few billion years, we might collide with Mars.
9YJy7 TIL that the American Rock Band ‘The Postal Service’ was sent a cease and desist letter by the United States Postal Service for trademark infringement of their name. After negotiations, the USPS allowed the band to use their name in exchange for playing a free show at their national conference.
KBRE TIL an attempt to kill Philadelphia mobster John Veasy failed when the two .22 caliber bullets to his head unphased him, and he asked his would-be assassin, “What the fuck are you doing, Frank?”
VBjDG TIL Titanic survivors who said the ship split in half before sinking were not believed for 73 years, with one survivor saying people would 'argue' with her about what she really saw, until the Titanic's wreckage was found in half in 1985.
d8AaZ TIL that President John F. Kennedy secured for himself 1,200 Cuban cigars just hours before enacting the Cuban trade embargo in 1962.