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9wPw6 TIL that "Home Alone" still sits at #2 for the All Time Domestic Box Office Sales for Comedy Movies. It previously held the #1 spot for 27 years.
xVVQb TIL a Tokyo national garden employee let in about 160,000 foreigners for free because he was afraid of charging them the entry fee
mxAJo TIL, during Korean War, U.S Navy pilot Royce Williams shot down 4 swept-wing Soviet MiG-15s in a single mission on November 18, 1952, while flying a straight-wing F9F Panther. It is considered a unique feat since the MiGs have better high-altitude performance than the F9F, and was faster by 100 MPH.
6EYZX TIL: The hybrid offspring of a male tiger and a female lion is called a Tigon & that of a male lion and a female tiger is called a Liger.
WkA7A TIL the term "Cletus Safari" - (the kind of news article in which the writer makes an expedition from some enclave of sophistication—New York City, let's say—to go talk to the exotic folk out in the hinterlands to get their take on an issue of interest.)