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TIL in the Sum 41 music video for "Pieces", a letter fell off the label of a truck for it to say "the perfect lie". It was unintended, but since it fit with the theme of the song, they decided to keep it.

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X0wXr TIL the congressional page program was shut down due in part from congressmen soliciting sex from them
LJBZ TIL during WWII, a British army soldier had enough and decided to stand up in open sight and kill a sniper that was targeting his unit. He then continued to single-handedly clear 5 enemy bunkers, all whilst under heavy fire, while his team was standing by.
x8Z1 TIL there was a Roman god of poop.
jY7p TIL Astronaut Scott Carpenter Spoke to President Johnson 200 ft below the surface of the ocean, but he was in a decompression chamber with a helium atmosphere and nobody could understand what he was saying.
R5pa7 TIL that in the event that the moon landing failed and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin where stranded, NASA planned to end communication with the men, leaving them to either run out of oxygen or commit suicide with no further earthly contact