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TIL the Pentagon received the Pigasus award in 1981 for spending $6 million to determine whether burning the photo of a Soviet missile would destroy the missile.

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aKM TIL: Harrison Ford got his first big gig in Hollywood because he installed cabinets as a carpenter at George Lucas’ house.
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