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TIL “Roasted Nuts” was the paper headline for when a mental hospital caught on fire.

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ne5X7 TIL about the business of “Adversary Air Support” in which a contractor has their own fleet of fighter jets that fly against U.S. military fighter pilots, replicating aerial threats from potential enemy nations.
wLDPE TIL Larry Brantley, the voice of Wishbone, got the gig after improvising about the dog's inner thoughts about a tennis ball for five minutes: "I walked out of the audition saying, 'I can't believe I just did five minutes about a tennis ball.' And then I got the job."
o49r TIL there are 210 more billionaires than there was three years ago
xVWok TIL that cicada's wings have an anti-bacterial surface that kills bacteria not by chemicals, but by using a nanopattern made of nano pillars that shreds the bacterial membrane.
jLlv TIL: The Back to the Future DeLorean and the Star Trek Enterprise were designed by the same man