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TIL WMDs were found in Iraq after all.
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TIL: TGIF discontinued the use of “flair” because of constant remarks from customers quoting the movie Office Space.
wR68
TIL The airplane used for the disaster movie Airport crashed during a real flight afterward, killing 36.
MeBom
Today I learned that Soccer was actually coined and originally used by the English for over a century and they are the reason that Americans call Football Soccer today.
9YOxr
TIL of Sam Patch, a man who successfully jumped from Niagara Falls, Passaic falls, and other high points before dying on a second jump over Genessee falls. Ironically, he advertised the event as "Sam's last jump" (intended as his last jump in that area; not as the last of his life).
WRyB
TIL The world’s largest moving object, the Bagger 288 Superexcavator, leaves virtually no tracks, even over grass. The sheer surface area of the tracks makes its ground pressure less than a barefoot person.