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TIL that when preparing for the role of Gny. Sgt. Hartman in “Full Metal Jacket”, R. Lee Ermey wrote roughly 150 pages of insults

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4k8vb TIL that in Australia, there exists an park with giant swings, slides for adults
NXkM6 TIL that from 1264 to 1827, anyone who received a Master of Arts degree from Oxford had to swear that they would never forgive Henry Symeonis. By 1608, no one knew who he was or what he had done.
5rep TIL that in 1984, a giant pee-icicle formed on the outside of the space shuttle Discovery. Astronauts had to break it off using a robotic arm and shut down the toilet for the remainder of the mission.
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