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TIL that Evel Knieval’s last leap in the Spotlight was a jaws-inspired gimmick that would help spawn the phrase “jumping the shark,” implying that somebody’s or something’s best days are behind them.

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wEjY TIL that hand-warmers are filled with iron, and the heat comes from the process of the iron turning into rust when exposed to oxygen
9QOD TIL That the Band ZZ Top during one of their live stage shows decided to have a mixture of live animals, including vultures, buffaloes and rattlesnakes on stage, When a buffalo rammed into a tank full of Rattlesnakes and released them live on stage.
AXOa TIL The Pillars of Creation, a nebula 7,000 light years away, was destroyed by supernova 6,000 years ago. In a thousand years we will see it destroyed as it takes 7,000 years for the light to reach Earth.
OolrL TIL according to some German soldiers interviewed after the D Day landings, the most amazing thing about the allied invasion was not the immense scale, or anything like the surprise of tanks driving out of the sea, but the fact that the allies did not need to use any horses.
58J9 TIL The Voice of Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid wrote the screenplays for Watchmen, X-Men, and X2: X-Men United