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TIL Danny Devito asks for a trampoline in his dressing room and uses it as part of his warm-up routine

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Lmep TIL at the Sanjusangendo Temple in Japan there is an annual competition to fire as many arrows through the temple as possible in 24 hours. The arrows can’t hit the floor, walls or the ceiling. The current record is 8133 successful shots out of 13,053 shots, set in 1686.
0d7ZN TIL On average, a child will be afflicted by the common cold 6-8 times per year.
QB7L TIL Neil Armstrong had pieces of the propeller and wing of the Wright Brothers’ Wright Flyer in his pocket as he took mankind’s first steps on the moon.
eOpk TIL in 1987 Al Sharpton accused a police officer and prosecutor of abducting and raping a 15yo named Tawana Brawley. The girl was lying so she wouldn’t get in trouble for staying out late, both her and Sharpton were later found guilty of slander. Sharpton has never apologized for the incident.
jxgQ TIL in 1978, a landing gear indicator light malfunctioned on a passenger jet approaching Portland, OR. In a holding pattern, the crew spent over an hour inspecting the issue until the jet ran out of fuel and crashed, killing 10 people. The landing gear had actually been down all along.