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TIL Rancid played in Tony Hawks third wedding as his wedding band.

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JOeV TIL In June 1974, while President Nixon was on his way to a scheduled stop in Syria, Syrian fighter jets intercepted Air Force One to act as escorts. However, the Air Force One crew was not informed in advance and, as a result, took evasive action including a dive.
b9A67 TIL Blue whales can eat half a million calories in a single mouthful
m1L1Y TIL: Tyromancy is divination or fortune telling using cheese, which was used from 200 AD to the Middle Ages. It is achieved by observing a cheese's smell, patterns, texture, shape, and holes. A heart shape means love, for example. The "best" type of cheese to use was blue cheese.
xGEb TIL the first goalie mask worn in a NHL game wasn’t until a goalie took a puck to the face, got stitched up, and refused to return to the game unless he could wear a mask.
wo8Q1 TIL a study by researchers at Connecticut College in 2013 discovered that Oreos activate the same “pleasure center” in the brains of lab rats that were activated by cocaine and morphine. The researchers also found that the rats liked to eat the crème filling first