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TIL the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird was so fast that the standard evasive action in case a surface-to-air missile launch was detected was simply to accelerate and outfly the missile

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VBOBZ TIL: That Alfréd Hajós was a Hungarian swimmer who won two gold medals in swimming at the 1896 Athens Olympics. He went on to compete in the 1924 Paris Olympics 28 years later winning a silver medal for architecture, making him one of only two Olympians ever to have won medals in both sport and art.
rwWM TIL that a 6 year old boy was charged with Felony first degree sexual assault after playing “butt doctor” with a 5 year old friend and he must register as a sex offender once he turns 18
j6eOR TIL that Mewing is a form of “orthotropics” where you can supposedly change the shape of your jawline by the placement of your tongue in your mouth. John Mew coined the idea and was recently stripped of his dental license.
kO8j5 TIL that in the theatrical release of Bruce Almighty, God pages Bruce using a real phone number. The owners of the number (which included a church in North Carolina) got hundreds of phone calls from people wanting to talk to God. The TV/video versions were edited to show the fictional 555 exchange.
LkLQ TIL John Lennon wrote the Beatles song ‘Dear Prudence’ for Prudence Farrow (Mia’s sister) while studying TM in India. The group became worried about her because she spent the majority of her time alone in her room practicing meditation, so John wrote her a song to persuade her to socialize more.