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TIL that Izzy Stradlin is the only member of the Guns ‘n’ Roses original lineup to gain a high school diploma

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woEEY TIL the 1600 Huaynaputina eruption was the largest ever recorded in South America. Its profound impact on Earth's climate led to the worst famine of Russian history, as well as floods, cold waves, and famines worldwide. It might even have contributed to the onset of the Little Ice Age
woEK6 TIL Air Traffic Controllers, who were fired and banned for life by Ronald Reagan for striking, actually endorsed Republican Party candidate Ronald Reagan during the election of 1980 through their union PATCO.
Ll0m TIL Vladimir Putin is a black belt in Judo and produced an instructional video called “Lets Learn Judo with Vladimir Putin” in 2008.
6EJ98 TIL the Death Star was actually designed before we could see the massive crater on Mimas, one of Saturn's moons, meaning its resemblance is purely coincidental.
J1PK8 TIL in the 1971 movie Duel, directed by Spielberg, the same truck was used in all the scenes and the the dramatic destruction at the end had to be filmed in a single shot since they didn’t have a backup truck