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TIL there was a US Army Sniper (Chris Kyle) that was so successful in the US-Iraq War he was dubbed the “The Devil Of Ramadi” and had a bounty on his head of $80,000. 225 confirmed kills.

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RxNQ TIL that Cary Grant’s girlfriend convinced him to see Alice Cooper in concert. On the ride home, when she asked him what he thought of it, he said, “Remember I told you about the time I took LSD in my doctor’s office and shat all over his rug and floor?… Well now I know how that poor doctor felt.“
0d7oy TIL that in 1922, there was a Straw Hat Riot in New York that lasted 8 days. Teens were taking straw hats off of random men and stomping them because of an unwritten rule that straw hats should not be worn after Sept 15th.
691gZ TIL the highest honor that can be awarded to a civilian in Nebraska is the title of "Nebraska Admiral", a tongue-in-cheek title as the State is the only state / province / federal district in North America that is triple-landlocked.
D19xp TIL During WWII, Robert Johnson II’s Permacell division of Johnson&Johnson invented duct tape as a sealant for ammunition boxes to keep them from becoming waterlogged.
nAWG TIL Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson became the only “space ace” when he shot down a satellite orbiting at 345 miles while piloting an F-15 on Sept. 13, 1985.