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TIL This weird Fact/trivia About Lethal Weapon 2, Joe Pesci character Leo Getz says OK in this film 105 times just in this second film, 276 times across three films (introduced in the second film)

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QWK9 TIL in WWII a woman-only Soviet bomber regiment were nicknamed the “Night Witches” by German soldiers. For a successful bombing run, the Witches would cut the engine of their archaic and noisy aircraft. Gliding in, they would release their bombs before the enemy even knew they were there.
g8KD TIL that some dogs that fail seeing-eye school go to work as bomb-sniffers for the ATF
WkGwA TIL about United States of Greater Austria, Archduke Franz Ferdinand plan for federalization of his empire
1KmO TIL on January 22, 1943, the temperature in Spearfish, South Dakota, changed from -4°F to 45°F in just two minutes, setting a world record. This was caused by a Chinook wind, which increased the temperature eventually up to 54°F before dying down, dropping the temperature back to -4°F.
8exdK TIL that "dunce" comes from the name of Duns Scotus, a 14th century Scottish friar and philosopher. The word became an insult for dumb scholars during the Renaissance and the English Reformation, when his works were widely criticized and fell out of popularity.