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TIL % chance of rain means the % of forecast simulations suggesting it’ll rain in your area.

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jNAAX TIL The FBI kept a file on Stanley Kubrick because Admiral Arleigh Burke accused Dr. Strangelove of being "detrimental to the Nation"
LljZ TIL that an Australian man was declared dead for 14 minutes. He was revived and after leaving hospital he bought a lottery ticket and won a $27K car. While filming a news piece on his “good luck” be bought a lotter ticket to reenact the car win and he THEN won a $250K jackpot. Lucky much?
0VYj TIL the US dropped more bombs on Laos during the secret war, than on all countries combined in WW2 - and that 300 people still die yearly from unexploded bombs
1amWV TIL the United States is only ranked as the 25th most democratic country in the world, and is classified as a 'Flawed Democracy.'
Z85GD TIL a 2019 University of Albany study of five highly and professionally documented unidentified aerial encounters concluded that the objects of interest possessed the acceleration requirements to achieve rapid interstellar travel.