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TIL on Jake Gyllenhaal’s very first night of five month’s of ride-alongs in preparation for his role in “End of Watch”, a man was shot dead in front of him.

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Eg6Kx TIL Fred Noonan joined Amelia Earhart as her navigator on their ill-fated flight, and was lost with her. Because of Earhart's prior records for solo flights, many people believe that she was alone when they disappeared.
Oo8VL TIL of the Gell-Mann amnesia effect, coined by Michael Crichton after discussions with Nobel-Prize winning physicist Murray Gell-Mann, which defines the idea that, "I believe everything the media tells me except for anything for which I have direct personal knowledge, which they always get wrong."
ym5p TIL in 1984 McDonald’s ran a promotion where customers scratched off a ticket with the name of an Olympic event on it, and if the U.S. won that event then they would be given a free menu item. The promotion became a near financial disaster due to the Soviet boycott.
GYgkE TIL that deaf people who speak ASL (???????? Sign Language) are unable to understand those who speak BANZSL (???????? + ???????? + ????????). There is only a 31% overlap between the two languages, meaning that even though their respective countries speak English, their deaf communities are unable to communicate.
J1jx4 TIL the snowiest place on Earth is in Japan, in Aomori and the surrounding area, known for having some of the heaviest snowfall in the world.