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TIL Kel Mitchell (of Kenan and Kel) auditioned for Saturday Night Live but lost out to his former co-star Kenan Thompson

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K9k4 TIL that McDonald’s highest-calorie item isn’t a burger at all, but the 1,150-calorie Big breakfast with hotcakes and large biscuit
AN107 TIL the World War II submarine USS Tang sank herself with her own torpedo. Of the 30 survivors, 13 escaped via the only recorded use of a "Momsen Lung," a primitive rebreather device. 9 others escaped and were captured & beaten by survivors from ships Tang had previously sank.
WkjEY TIL Katy Perry's uncle directed the camp classic "Mommie Dearest" and the cult fave "The Swimmer"
Wlmo TIL of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, a bridge whose support towers are so tall and far apart that, due to the curvature of the earth, are almost two inches farther apart at the top than the bottom.
x6Mo7 TIL that the US government would take federal prisoners on "Diesel therapy" where they just fly them through the country for days, or even weeks