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TIL Mary J. Blige hit her own husband in the face and screamed, “What are you gonna do, Chris Brown me?”

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G9Bj TIL The SR-71 Blackbird, the fastest plane ever built, would go so fast its outside temperature would reach 572 F (300C). It had to be built with components that could grow as they heated. Because of this, the jet would leak fuel until it got hot.
VMW4m TIL A scene in Lilo and Stitch had to be changed because of 9/11
R5l9l TIL that the myth of carrots improving your eyesight and helping you see in the dark was WWII propaganda
EP6w TIL J.D. Salinger saw more combat in World War II than almost any other American. He fought on D-Day (Utah Beach), in the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, and was one of the first Americans to enter a liberated concentration camp at Dachau.
pyBN TIL between 1949 and 1952, The White House was completely gutted, leaving only the outer walls around a shell. The mansion was then rebuilt using concrete and steel beams in place of its original wooden joists