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TIL midnight screenings of movies have become increasingly rare since the 2012 Aurora shooting at a midnight premiere of “The Dark Knight Rises.”

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kOGG1 TIL that in April 1975, Major Buang Lee of the South Vietnamese Air Force became the first and only pilot to land a Cessna on an aircraft carrier, the USS Midway
WkXZY TIL The Australian English for a duvet/comforter, "Doona", is an eponym for the Kimptons trademark "doona" product popular in the 70s.
R5nLQ TIL that in 1846 Christian Friedrich Schönbein discovered a formula for nitrocellulose when working in his kitchen. He spilled nitric acid and sulfuric acid on the kitchen table, wiped it up with a cotton apron, then hung it on the stove door to dry. As soon as it was dry, the apron ignited.
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DQN6D TIL William Jennings Bryan endorsed Senator Francis Cockrell of Missouri for the 1904 Democratic nomination in expectation of Cockrell losing so badly to Theodore Roosevelt that the Democratic Party would re-nominate him (Bryan) in 1908.