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TIL the term used by scientists to describe "falling" into a black hole: spaghettification.

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D7aV TIL that Rick Moranis was fired from the set of The Breakfast Club after he kept playing the janitor as a goofy Russian character
wLbv1 TIL whales and dolphins are not really fish, they have lungs and they have to come to the surface of the water to breathe. whales can hold their breath for more than an hour.
KOQ79 TIL when a persistent Washington DC bookstore clerk exposed Stephen King as the true author of books written under the name Richard Bachman, King's publishers sent out a press release announcing Bachman's death from "cancer of the pseudonym."
46nw TIL that helicopter escapes from prison are not only real but highly successful
NX05J TIL in 2002 the Pentagon ran a war game to simulate war with Iran. Marines general Paul Van Riper, playing the defender, sank 19 U.S. ships in 5-10 minutes, including a carrier, several cruisers, and five amphibious ships. He quit the game in disgust after he was ordered to play fair