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TIL rocket scientists call explosions a Rapid Unscheduled Dissasembly (RUD)

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xxXD TIL that “electrocution” is a portmanteau of electric execution, created due to the invention of the electric chair ca. 1889.
X00jR TIL El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel was sentenced to 3 years in prison for assisting her husband in his criminal enterprise. A minimum sentence of 10 years was originally planned. Government rumours assure her cooperation. Her life is now at risk, as the cartel does not forgive traitors or suspectes.
7r8M7 TIL U.S. Automakers Developed Coal-Fired Prototypes in the 1980's
oBQv8 TIL in 2008, after learning that Britney Spears was going through a hard time, Eric Idle changed a lyric referencing Britney in the song “Diva’s Lament” from his musical Spamalot “because we don't laugh at sad people.”
D1JAY TIL that the cinematographer for the music video of REM’s “The One I Love” was chef Alton Brown. Reportedly, between takes he would watch cooking shows and thought he could do better.