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TIL Pet Rock was so popular in the 70’s that the creator became a multimillionaire about 6 months after marketing it.

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KOM59 TIL that "having the guts to fight" used to mean soldiers being diarrhea-free, and thus able to participate in battle
5A09 TIL a US PAN satellite was launched in September 2009 and is so top-secret that no military or governmental organization claimed to have built it.
x6PMg TIL that the TV show Robot Chicken has 23 Emmy nominations and 6 wins, most of their wins being for their specials episodes
YQ6x TIL in 1969 the FBI and Chicago police drugged and assassinated Fred Hampton, a 21 year old Black Panther leader
Vdx8 TIL that during the filming of Eastern Promises, Viggo Mortensen’s Russian Mafia tattoos were so realistic that when he walked into a Russian Diner in London, everyone fell silent out of fear.