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TIL Keanu Reeves's father was busted for selling heroin, and sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was paroled early, but he'd very little contact after that.

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N7jZN TIL that lots of people believe that greek gods were actually “Ancient Aliens” who held super technology way ahead of their times. The aliens are credited for building historic sites, like the pyramids, and are still around us today!
ANOnx TIL there is a cliff on Miranda (moon of Uranus) named Verona Rupes that is estimated to be 20km high. It is the tallest known cliff in the solar system and if you jumped off of it you would fall for about 12 minutes before hitting the ground due to the lower gravity.
9gnM TIL that a Wisconson Govener has used the line item veto to remove the word “not” from a bill. Effectively passing the opposite of the original legislation.
OVda TIL Donald Rumsfeld reported 2 Trillion dollars were missing from the federal defense budget on 9/10/2001. ($8000 for every american citizen) The next day the pentagon accounting office was incinerated, and many people researching the missing money were killed.
BAPe TIL Davy Crockett, as a Congressman in the the U.S. House of Representatives, opposed President Andrew Jackson’s 1830 Indian Removal Act and was the only member of the Tennessee delegation to vote against it. Six years later he died defending the Alamo.