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TIL Nearly every time Paul Rudd has gone on Conan to promote a movie or show he plays a clip from "Mac and Me".

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yVyXa TIL of ‘Project Pigeon’, a WW2 era US funded attempt to train pigeons to guide bombs to their targets. The pigeons were put inside of the bombs and acted as pilots, repeatedly pecking the target displayed through a lens to keep the bomb on course to the target.
VMg0k TIL one of Frank Abagnale's first cons included, disguising as a security guard, hanging a sign above a bank drop box that read, "Out of service, leave deposit with security guard". Later he commented how he could not believe it worked, "How can a drop box be out of service?"
0PeM TIL two men para-glided off of the top of Mt. Everest, touching down over 15 miles away in only 42 minutes and avoiding the potentially deadly 3 day descent.
N9P TIL there are giant stone balls scattered around Costa Rica that scientists cannot explain
loZkr TIL that Marcos Alonso has a higher goals per minute average than Roberto Firmino in the EPL