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TIL calling someone a patriot was an insult until the American Revolution

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6E55m TIL Aeschylus, the ancient Greek tragedian, was killed when an eagle mistaken his bald head for a rock and tried to shatter the shell of a tortoise on it.
G46J TIL When Simon Pegg was asked by a journalist whether England had not become too small for him after the worldwide success of Shaun of the Dead, he replied “It’s not like I’m going to be starring in Mission: Impossible 3.” Six months later, he was cast in Mission Impossible 3.
mLXx TIL During the Vietnam War, President Lyndon Johnson threatened CBS News that if it didn’t ‘cleaned up its act,’ after showing US Marines burning villages, the White House would 'go public’ with the reporter’s alleged “communist ties.”
AN06B TIL Most American serial killers are Boomers with 43 killers compared to 6 from Gen X and 0 Millenials. There go Millenials, killing another American tradition.
xxLw TIL the term mothership is from the whaling trade when small, fast ships were used to chase and kill whales. The dead meat from several boats was then brought back to the larger, slower ship for processing and storage until the return to land.