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TIL in 2015 San Jose police stopped a man from committing suicide by sending him a pizza and phone for negotiating using a bomb disposal robot

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VMy0Z TIL that no place in the continental US has an antipodal point on land. Dig a hole straight through to the other side of the Earth and you will come up in the Southern Indian Ocean. Only the very northern tip of Alaska and the state of Hawaii do; dig from Honolulu and you will surface in Botswana.
VB4Q TIL during the filming of ‘Cabin Fever,’ Rider Strong decided to explore the forest alone after a shoot, still in his gruesome makeup. He came across a group of schoolgirls on a field trip, who were horrified, but then recognized him from 'Boy Meets World,’ and he had to escape from the fangirls.
4XOXX TIL John Madden receives $2-3 million every year for lending his name to EA's Madden video game franchise
dyXj TIL The first microprocessor was not made by Intel. It was actually a classified custom chip used to control the swing wings and flight controls on the first F-14 Tomcats.
9wDMp TIL HSV-1 causes up to about half of all new genital herpes cases despite most commonly causing oral herpes (cold sores)