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TIL The plane crash in Breaking Bad mirrors the real-life 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision, and the junior air traffic controller involved was actually named Walter White.

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E7Ld TIL Tom Selleck was originally offered the role to play Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark but became unavailable for the part because of his commitment to the television series Magnum, P.I.
d8gR7 TIL Gail Brewer Giorgio, whose 1978 novel "Orion" was about a singer who faked his own death. Her novel was compared to Elvis Presley theories and recalled. The rest of her career was spent writing books questioning if Elvis was really dead, appearing on talk shows and having a 900 number about it.
epP1b TIL in the 2nd century the Dumnoni lived without money, obtaining the necessities of life by exchange
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vD8R TIL In 2007, in response to an increase in pedestrians wearing headphones being hit by cars, NY proposed making it illegal to cross the street with headphones. Australian State Traffic Commander, Chief Superintendent responded, “You can’t legislate stupidity” and Australia ran a warning-ad instead.