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TIL that land that was covered by glaciers during the last Ice Age is still rising about a centimeter a year, 12,000 years after the massive weight of the ice sheets is gone

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p8bP4 TIL a 64-year-old manager at a French defense manufacturer was gifted a ride as a passenger in a military jet but he failed to secure himself properly in the cockpit and at one point tried to to hold onto the ejector handle, accidentally activating it and ejecting himself mid-flight.
xkx0 TIL in spring 2012 Wired Magazine reported the NSA created a massive Utah data center where ‘Everybody’s a target; everybody with communication is a target.’ As well, NO ONE upvoted a submission by 'TheGreatWhiteHorse’ a year ago on this very topic.
dD6jQ TIL that Eminem collaborated with a pornographic actress Lisa Ann. The song is called We Made You.
wojQE TIL Low-income men are less likely to be ever married than men in the same age group overall (41 percent versus 50 percent).
ADZm7 TIL Elvis Presley met with Richard Nixon. He wanted to get a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs because with it “he [believed he] could legally enter any country... carrying any drugs he wished.” After denouncing America's drug culture to the President, the King got his wish.