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TIL I wasn't the only one mishearing the song "Blank Space", as many people also thought Taylor Swift was singing "Lonely Starbucks Lovers" instead of "Got a long list of ex-lovers"

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5V1Y9 TIL: That on December 19, 1983, Jodie Foster was detained by U.S. customs agents at Logan International Airport for possessing a single gram of cocaine. She was charged with a misdemeanor and placed on one year's probation.
pj68 TIL of a WWII German fighter pilot that shot down 352 enemy aircraft and crash landed 14 times, all due to mechanical failure or getting hit by debris from a plane he downed. Credited with having the most aerial combat victories, Erich Hartmann earned the nickname “Black Devil”.
Bd7K TIL that in 1897 Indiana state legislature tried to pass a bill to simplify the value of pi to 3.2.
MEO8 TIL some military vehicles are equipped with an multi-microphone system called a “boomerang” that can locate the direction of enemy gunfire as well as the shooter’s range and azimuth (elevation) after the first shot.
JYYZl Short answer: They’re trying!