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TIL: The Blackbird would avoid missiles by simply flying faster.

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RBnl TIL to pay for his film Clerks, Kevin Smith sold most of his comic book collection, maxed out several credit cards, used some of the funds for his college education, spent insurance money awarded for a car he lost in a flood, and worked in the convenience store used in the film.
0drjv TIL Confucius did not leave behind any written work. In his day, writing was not the most important means of communication and one of his most important ideas is that people need to think for themselves
Brykk TIL that Sue Jones-Davies, who portrayed Judith in Monty Python's Life of Brian, later became Mayor of Aberystwyth. She discovered that the town had banned Life of Brian for thirty years, and her first act was to overturn the ban and stage a screening with Terry Jones and Michael Palin
dgOB TIL that 92% of fetuses with trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome) are terminated in Europe.
7rvl7 TIL Paul McCartney wrote the melody to the song "Yesterday" before the lyrics. He used placeholder lyrics for the song, titled "Scrambled Eggs" instead: "Scrambled eggs/Oh my baby how I love your legs/Not as much as I love scrambled eggs".