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TIL Woody Harrelson’s dad was a contract killer who was thought to be involved in JFK’s assassination

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Ookb4 TIL: The US Navy uses a fuel for some torpedoes called Otto Fuel II. It is highly toxic and on the EPA's National Priorities List. If exposed you can have chest pain and tachycardia years later.
yQBMM TIL In 2015 a new species of damselfly was discovered in Africa. The scientists who discovered it ended up naming the new species Umma gumma after Pink Floyd's 1969 experimental album Ummagumma.
wobA6 TIL that the US Government actually made a profit of $15.3 Billion from the Troubled Asset Relief Program in the 2008 Financial Crisis.
p8g7A TIL that the US military was so unprepared leading up to WWII, General George Patton personally bought tools and parts from the Sears-Roebuck mail order catalog to get the 2nd Armored Division to operational status.
M7XE8 TIL the director Tony Kaye of American History X was regarded as unemployable by Hollywood because the studio wanted Edward Norton's cut which had an additional 18 minutes of footage. Kaye took out $100k in ads condemning Norton and studio and tried changing his name in the credits to Humpty Dumpty