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TIL A future Chief Scientist of the U.S. Air Force decided to become an aviation engineer when as a boy admired the American planes dropping sweets to him and other kids during the Berlin Airlift. Dr. Yarymovych is also credited for initiation of the Global Positioning System - GPS

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J1MKm TIL Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U" was not hers but Prince's, and he was miffed by the legal allowances for nonconsensual music covers in the industry
jDkR TIL approximately 25% of all black swan pairings are between homosexual males. Some couples are so eager for cygnets that “They steal nests, or form temporary threesomes with females to obtain eggs, driving away the female after she lays the eggs”.
nek7o TIL that in the 1960s, Mister Rogers launched George Romero's career, by giving him his first job after he arrived in Pittsburgh. Mister Rogers supported him and watched Night of the Living Dead, and Dawn of the Dead, and told George they were "a lot of fun".
Y7MNv TIL The actor who set the record for playing the same character the most number of times was Hong Kong actor Kwan Tak-hing, who played martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in 77 films. The next closest actor is Christopher Lee, who played Dracula 10 times in his career.
BgWVK TIL The Marx Brothers radio show Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel about an unscrupulous lawyer was orginally called Beagle, Shyster, and Beagle. The title changed after Morris Beagle sued because he was receiving prank phone calls. In show, Groucho's character changed his name because he divorced.