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TIL There was a rumor that Richard Gere stuck a gerbil in his rectum.

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LZMV TIL a US army major was discharged for asking if nuclear launch could legally be ordered by an insane president. Legal scholars have since concluded that it can.
78lNp TIL of Richard Stern, a German-Jewish WW1 veteran and subject of a famous photo, where he stands in the door of his shop wearing his old Iron Cross during the Nazi crackdown on Jewish businesses. Fleeing to the U.S., he joined the Army at age 43 to fight the Nazis. He was awarded a Silver Star
b9Ykp TIL In an episode of the Simpsons that aired in 2003, Homer gave his email address as ChunkyLover53@aol.com. The episode's writer, Matt Selman, signed up for the ChunkyLover53 email address beforehand and within minutes of the show's airing found his inbox packed to its 999-message limit.
7BKM TIL a 75 year old woman was arrested after she took a hammer to a Comcast customer service center and smashed up the waiting room. “It had never occurred to me to take a hammer to a phone company before, but I was just so upset…”
jNXNN TIL That the director of The Shawshank Redemption bought the script from Stephen King for just $5,000 and could have sold it for $3 million after working on it for just 8 weeks to turn it into a movie script. Even though he was a first-time director, he refused and directed the movie himself.