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TIL that your brain is constantly eating itself

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m1RQE TIL that until 1971 British car manufacturers Rolls Royce had their own Police force
YpZJZ TIL that in 1970, a fighter pilot was forced to eject during a training mission. His plane, however, righted itself and continued flying for miles, finally touching down gently in a farmer's field. It earned the nickname "The Cornfield Bomber."
16JjO TIL of Dick Roth, a swimmer who was diagnosed with appendicitis shortly before the men’s 400m individual medley in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. He refused an immediate operation and instead swam in the finals, winning a gold medal.
e05Yg TIL about the Max Headroom signal hijacking of 1987.
r6kM TIL that Bill Murray does not answer fan mail because he doesn’t “have time for those idiots” trying to get rich collecting famous people’s autographs.