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TIL in 1998 Bill O'Reilly wrote a novel about a tall, bitter, sexually predatory newsman who gets forced out of his job and starts murdering former colleagues who helped to ruin his career.

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D17lr TIL that on the set of Star Trek: Voyager, the costume for 7 of 9 required the actress to wear an extremely tight corset underneath the visible uniform. The corset made it impossible for the actress to sit, was difficult to remove, restricted breathing, and using the restroom took up to 20 minutes.
X0wd8 TIL King of the Hill has an alternate final where we learn the episodes where Bill stole a tank and Hank being born in New York were just dreams Bill had.
R7wQQ TIL of BRUE (Brief resolved unexplained event), when infants <1yo suddenly stop breathing or pass out, with no explanation nor lasting effects
e04JL TIL that, in order to become an astronaut, you need to know stuff like survival skills, robotics, how to fly an airplane, and both english and Russian. You also need a bachelor's degree in a nature science.
ANl5o TIL about Cao Dai, a religion that combined the European spiritualist movement of the early twentieth century with indigenous Vietnamese beliefs, as well as details from other older religions. There are over 4 million members, but prosecution after the Vietnam War drove many into a global diaspora.