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TIL pillow fights are banned at West Point after one pillow fight left 30 freshmen cadets injured, including 24 diagnosed with concussions.

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QJB0e TIL In the 2002 movie "The Time Machine", by 2030, people have established a large Moon base, and ads are touting lunar resorts, which will be created by detonating 20-megaton hydrogen bombs to create huge spherical caverns
WkyW4 TIL: Ozzy Osbourne from Black Sabbath once fell asleep during a driving test, waking up to a note saying 'you have failed'. He passed in 2009, age 60, on his 19th attempt.
9YvZB TIL During Season 4 of The Sopranos, James Gandolfini gave 16 co-stars $33,000 each, saying “Thanks for sticking by me.”
V9V8 TIL of Conrad Heyer, a soldier who crossed the Delaware with George Washington and lived long enough to be photographed
WJlN TIL that 40 people die each year from shark attacks. 2500 die each year from using products intended for right-handed people despite being lefties.