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TIL that Bruce Dickinson, the singer in Iron Maiden, used to fly Boeing 757s, has written 2 novels, has been a TV actor and presenter, owns/can drive a tank, and is an olympic-level fencer.

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80db TIL the first American spy satellites literally dropped their film from space in a “film bucket” that was then scooped up in midair by a plane.
7rj4L TIL Chinese restaurants in California helped punk rock and punk rock bands by allowing the bands to play in the restaurants
Ek5W TIL Humans are deuterostomes, meaning that the hole that become your anus develops before any other opening. Which basically means at one point you were nothing but an asshole.
MebBb TIL about the film 100 Years, the content of this film are a secret, sealed in a bulletproof safe with a timelock, due to be opened and revealed only when the title is released, in 2115.
kXjg TIL that in 1355, two Oxford Students started a two day riot that killed over 90 people over the quality of wine at a local tavern.