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TIL the title for the movie “October Sky” is an anagram of the Homer Hickam book “Rocket Boys”

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QJW7a TIL that Ukraine lost 20% of its population in WWII; this is proportionately more than any other nation that took part in the war.
79EZ TIL of Operation Nifty Package, a US mission in which American soldiers repeatedly blared rock music such as “I Fought the Law” and “Welcome to the Jungle” as a form of psychological warfare to force dictator Manuel Noriega to come out of his Vatican sanctuary. He surrendered after 10 days.
Egeed TIL a Jets player who won in Super Bowl 3 lost his super bowl ring shortly after while surfing. It was found in the ocean by a lifeguard who was snorkeling 40 years later and returned to him
ZmkQ TIL that in American Sign Language, the sign for milk is pretending to squeeze an udder, and the sign for pasteurised milk is to pretend to squeeze an udder while it moves “past-your-eyes”
6E4E8 TIL about Movember. A charity campaign dedicated to raise awareness for men's risk of prostate & testicular cancer along with mental health awareness and suicide prevention.