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TIL that renowned theoretical physicist David Bohm was not allowed to defend, or even write his own doctoral thesis because he didn’t have the security clearence

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DQvyj TIL of Brent Hershman, a second-assistant cameraman on the 1997 movie “Pleasantville” - who died in a car accident after working 19 hours on the film’s set. His death sparked industry-wide demands for shorter workdays and inspired a 2006 documentary by filmmaker Haskell Wexler.
9YZKM TIL in 1992 George H W Bush vomited on the Prime Minister of Japan then fainted. This resulted in the invention of the phrase "Bushu-suru" meaning "To do the Bush thing" or vomit.
XoaQ TIL that after being wronged by the government in the late 1990s, a citizen decided to heavily modify a bulldozer, called it the “Killdozer”, and went on a rampage.
4XkR5 TIL The three space shuttle main engines generate the maximum equivalent of about 37 million horsepower. The fuel pump alone delivers as much as 71,000 horsepower, the oxygen pump delivers about 23,000.
Qwb6 TIL Canada has a specifically banned members of the Westboro Baptist Church from entering the country.