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TIL that Patton Oswalt once stood absolutely motionless during an entire 3 minute opening scene on the sitcom "King of Queens," and no one noticed it until years later.

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8eRnP TIL, the CIA hunted down top Nazi scientists after WWII, in hopes of convincing them to help develop weapons and the space program that took the US to the moon. These Nazis and their families received full American Citizenship and their war crimes were well known to the officers that found them
ZpMBB TIL You actually burn more calories in the cold weather than warm weather.
KYwNQ TIL Vanilla Ice bought the royalties for "Under Pressure" to end the lawsuit over "Ice Ice Baby" which had sampled the bass line.
1anR4 TIL Pakistan arrested the doctor who helped CIA detect and confirm Osama bin laden's hideout by running DNA test obtained through a fake hepatitis camp run by Doctor shakil afridi. He was ordered 33 years in prison for treason against his country by giving info to CIA.
xVPe0 TIL there is growing body of scientific research showing that reliance on GPS erodes our ability to make our own mental maps.