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TIL there is a director that wants to film Breaking Bad’s final episode as a movie

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OovkR TIL that upon Apollo 12 being struck twice by lightning, it was feared that the explosive bolts which deployed the parachutes were critically damaged. This was not disclosed to the astronauts on board as there was little to be done which could remedy the possible issue.
yVQlp TIL President Jimmy Carter visited Three Mile Island during the disaster, not for a publicity shoot but because he was a trained nuclear engineer and wanted to know what was going on personally
j6wba TIL there is a form of breast augmentation called a Vampire Breast Lift, where the patient's own blood plasma is drawn from their arm then injected into their chest to "plump up their cleavage"
8JB4 TIL that a hungry Jesus cursed a fig tree to wither and die because it was out of season and had no fruit. This is counted as one of Jesus’s miracles.
LBXv TIL: the IRS seized $33,000 from the checking account of a cash-only restaurant owner because she had deposited less than $10,000 at a time, which they viewed as an attempt to avoid triggering a required government report.