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TIL Adam Driver (Kylo Ren) was a US Marine

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Owla TIL that Boston police confused an LED display, with a picture of a cartoon character on it, for a bomb in 2007. This caused the Boston police to shut down part of a highway, part of the public transportation system, and costing $2M worth of “havoc in the city”
R5Px4 TIL there is an Independence From Britain Day celebration almost EVERY WEEK from countries across the world!
M6AK TIL the Kargil war in 1999 between India and Pakistan is the only war ever between two countries where both have weapons of mass destruction.
LeNp TIL to pay for his film Clerks, Kevin Smith sold most of his comic book collection, maxed out several credit cards, used some of the funds for his college education, spent insurance money awarded for a car he lost in a flood, and worked in the convenience store used in the film.
jNDgj TIL that there are mushrooms with thousands of sexes. "Schizophyllum commune has 23,328 distinct sexes, properly called mating types."