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TIL Sir Robert Watson-Watt, the inventor of RADAR was caught speeding with a RADAR gun and reportedly said, “‘My God, if I’d known what they were going to do with it, I’d have never have invented it!”

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wLYMM TIL that on September 11th, 2001, Officer John Perry of the NYPD went to headquarters to file retirement paperwork. When he heard the explosion at the world trade center he immediately responded and was later killed when one of the towers collapsed. He was the only off-duty officer killed on 9/11.
a8J8L TIL the segment of Fantasia (1940) featuring the beginning of life and the dinosaurs was originally intended to include the evolution of mammals and humans, but was cut to appease Creationists.
5RmB TIL that a former teacher who was convicted for sexually abusing her 12 year old student when she was 34 in the 1990s is now married to him and hosts a weekly ‘Hot for Teacher’ night at her local bar.
WDRL TIL that 97% of Americans are contaminated with a widely-used sunscreen ingredient called oxybenzone that has been linked to allergies, hormone disruption, and cell damage.
R71gw TIL an almost 80 year old man fought the British in 1775, survived being stabbed multiple times and went on to live well into his 90s.