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TIL that Brad Pitt joined the cast of King of the Hill for two episodes to play Boomhauer’s playboy brother.

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nWLKd TIL Panama exists because Columbia would not sell their canal to the United States, so the U.S. Army allied with some local rebels who declared independence in 1903.
16KRd TIL of Floyd Collins, a cave explorer in 1925 who got trapped. During rescue attempts hundreds of cave explorers and tourists stood outside the cave. The cool air caused them to light campfires that disrupted the ice within the cave. Directly causing the cave passage to collapse leading to his death
ZYe4 TIL In 1948 the United States Air-force tested the XF-85 Goblin, a jet fighter designed to be deployed and retrieved from a bomber’s bomb-bay. The bomber could carry a maximum of 4 XF-85s, turning it into a “Flying Aircraft Carrier”.
wdoW TIL that the ‘Kronos Effect’ is a business concept that confirms the chilling effect monopoly and massive corporations have on technology. Constant concern about being overtaken leads the giant corporations to purchase and destroy all fledgling competition.
gMkGA TIL that the opposite of "déjà vu" is "jamai vu" -- the sensation that you know rationally that you should be familiar with a thing, but you have an eerie sensation that you are seeing the thing for the first time.