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TIL that the “Green Flash” as seen in the Pirates of the Caribbean film is a real phenomenon.

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VeQ4 TIL Heather Bresch, the CEO behind the increase in EpiPen costs, was awarded a masters degree she did not properly earn because she was the governors daughter, leading to the dean at West Virginia resigning.
MolW TIL - Brad Pitt appears in Fight Club at least six times before Tyler’s first scene. Once on a moving walkway, once as a waiter on tv, and 4 times in subliminal single frame shots.
XElJr TIL that in 2009, author Nevin Martell wrote a book about his quest to get an interview Bill Watterson. He ended up not getting one, but did get interviews with some of his family and friends. A few months after the book, Watterson did his first interview since the conclusion of Calvin and Hobbes.
5V7Pr TIL A shipyard worker set a fire aboard a nuclear submarine, causing $450M worth of damage because he was suffering from an anxiety attack and had no vacation or sick leave remaining. He was sentenced to 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $400 million in restitution.
ADePB TIL that George H.W. Bush disliked broccoli so much that he banned it from Air Force One. Afterwards broccoli growers sent the First Lady 10 tonnes of broccoli, most of it was donated away.