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TIL that not all veterans like to be thanked for their service. That some suffer from moral injury and are harmed by our attempts at good will.

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69oZw TIL The only way to get free parking at UC Berkeley is to win a Nobel prize!
jZEv TIL that before Sylvester Stallone sold the script for Rocky, he was homeless and sold his dog for $50. A week later, he sold the script and bought his dog back for $3000.
1evr TIL In 1965, Kris Kristofferson was given an assignment to teach English literature at West Point. Instead, he decided to leave the Army and pursue songwriting. His family disowned him because of this decision and they never reconciled with him
0d1k5 TIL the nuclear bomb explosion in Terminator 2 was so accurate that the US nuclear team at Sandia Labs sent James Cameron a letter saying it was the "most correct visual representation of the effects of a nuclear weapon ever put on film".
NXVnM TIL Sour Patch Kids are shaped as Martians and were initially called "Mars Men" back in the 70s to capitalize on the space enthusiasm of the time.