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TIL that the paint used on aircraft can noticeably reduce fuel efficiency by ~1%, which is why many are white

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5YP1p TIL Artie Lange was paid $140k in one night to perform two shows at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas during Super Bowl week 2007, his highest paid stand up gig at that point. After gambling, hookers, and drugs, he spent $145k that trip.
kJBd4 TIL the hottest man-made temperature was 7.2 trillion degrees Farenheit, 250,000 times hotter than the sun
6EOe7 TIl that the real life Top Gun flight school became so sick and tired of the constant movie references that they imposed a $5 fine to any staff member that quotes the movie
DQ94P TIL that Lee Harvey Oswald was Teddy Roosevelt's third cousin, whereas FDR was Teddy's fifth cousin.
K7NR TIL of a cat nicknamed “Unsinkable Sam” who survived 3 separate ship sinkings in both the Kriegsmarine and Royal Navy during WWII