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TIL that Tom Brady was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1995

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696V8 TIL in 2019, the grasshopper swarm that invaded Las Vegas, Nevada was so bad that it appeared on the weather radar
8eEZZ TIL there is no single universally agreed scientific meaning of the word "matter". Scientifically, the term "mass" is well-defined, but "matter" can be defined in several ways.
R7Yd6 TIL that the swastikas on Allied aircrafts in old pictures are called victory markings, and marked each Nazi plane downed by that aircraft. Bomb stencils marked each mission run. The names of pilots and crew were added before the craft was retired from duty.
xPg5 TIL that in 2009, a man was sentenced to 18 years in prison for felony assault after pointing his gun at officers raiding his home in a no-knock raid. He was shot five times and police didn’t find the drugs they were looking for.
57D8 TIL there was an actual federal court case titled “UNITED STATES v. APPROXIMATELY 64,695 POUNDS OF SHARK FINS”