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TIL in Rambo III the character of John Rambo was fighting on the same side as Osama Bin Laden

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wLnYP TIL that for 25 years, two brothers re-gifted each other the same pair of pants, in increasingly inventive and difficult packaging, including a 600lb safe, a double-glazed window, a 16-foot rocket ship, and a crushed car, with a card that read "Merry Christmas, the pants are in the glove box".
Bapx TIL during obscenity trials in the 60s and 70s Supreme Court Justices had a “movie day” where they watched porn together. One justice was near-blind, and another justice would describe the action on screen. “‘By Jove,’ Harlan would exclaim. 'Extraordinary.’”
dDVBd TIL that not only can octopi change their color to match their surroundings, but they can also change the actual texture of their skin as well by controlling the size of projections on their skin (called papillae), creating textures ranging from small bumps to tall spikes.
OoVOX TIL that Osama Bin Laden had the "Charlie Bit My Finger" video in his computer's audio/visual collection
m4Gx TIL The Catholic Church didn’t pardon Galileo until 1992 when Pope Johm Paul II admitted Galileo was right, 349 years after the condemnation.