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TIL that the gang members in GTA V are voiced by actual gang members in real life

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wLXv1 TIL that during the opening ceremony of Ottawa international Airport’s new terminal in 1959 a USAF F-104 Starfighter did a supersonic flypast. The resulting sonic boom shattered nearly all the glass in the airport and caused significant structural damage, delaying the opening for another year.
vPw7x TIL that the first age restricted town in the US is named Youngtown
1ardX TIL: Swedes use the term 'Curling Parents' for overprotective parents who - as in the ice game - sweep out all trouble in front of their kids
eNx5 TIL Human cadavers donated to science are used as crash test dummies because they’re better at showing organ and tissue damage than conventional dummies (for obvious reasons).
7b9X TIL in 2001 Pizza Hut paid the Russian space agency to send a pizza to the International Space Station at the cost of $1 million