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TIL A defector used balloons to air drop thousands of copies of the film “The Interview” into North Korea.

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6EJ1m TIL That Jack in The Box created a fake boy band called the Meaty Cheese Boys because NSYNC had a CD promo with McDonald’s and Back Street Boys had it with Burger King.
Bweb TIL Queen recorded an alternate version of We Will Rock You, known as the “fast version”, that featured guitar, bass, and drums through the whole song and used it to open most of their live shows
p8PeQ TIL the "We ain't found shit!" guy from Spaceballs was played by Tim Russ. Who played Tuvok on Star Trek, Voyager.
160rW TIL in the late '70s and early '80s, the Soviets "bugged" IBM Selectric II typewriters in the US Embassy in Moscow so they would report what the Americans were typing by radio. We only found out when a friendly country's embassy told us it had happened to their typewriters.
OG94Y TIL the pomato is a plant produced by grafting a tomato onto a potato plant, both of which are members of the Solanum genus in the Solanaceae family. The plant produces both cherry tomatoes (generally, depending on the grafted variety) on the stem and potatoes on the underground part.