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TIL the British had to put 40 Apache helicopters into storage because they hadn't trained enough pilots due to the weather

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l7eYK TIL there was a man who smashed a door of a cupcake store, sat there for 15 Minutes, cleaned up the mess he had done, stole 6 Cupcakes and left. After being recognized, he profusely apologized and the store owner didn’t press charges but rather made a signature cupcake of him.
pYvOe TIL “Just Desserts” is a pun. The original phrase, “Just Deserts”, describes not desert climates but “moral deserts”—or, things which one morally deserves. “Desert” and “Deserve” share an old French root, but the word “desert” is very rarely used in this form in modern day.
Y7MaB TIL that the Simpsons is not the longest running cartoon of all time. That a Looney Tunes spin-off called “The Bugs Bunny Show” currently beats the Simpsons by 6 years. This show ran for 40 years from 1960-2000. While The Simpsons is currently running at 34 years. (1989-present)
XrbE TIL The first man to finish the 1904 Olympics marathon rode in a car most of the way. The winner was carried across the finish line after ingesting poison. Fourth place took a nap en route. One of the two first black Olympians came in ninth after being chased a mile off course by wild dogs.
pY008 TIL the Michelin Man is named Bibendum, or Bib for short. He even has a category for value-for-money restaurants in MICHELIN's guidebooks—the Bib Gourmand—named after him.