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TIL the streaking scene in Old School was filmed at night and every store was closed except a 24 hour gym. On the first take, several people in the gym shriek in horror as a naked Will Ferrell passed by them. In the ensuing takes no one was near the gym's windows.

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e0DYb TIL that in June 1995 CIA took an aerial photo in Bosnia. It showed thousands of men and boys held captive near Srebrenica in Bosnia. Few days later they took a photo of the same area, but this time it showed mass graves.
xKx7 TIL a man in China bought a first class ticket on China Eastern Airlines, went to the airport every day for almost a year, ate food for free at their lounge, changed his ticket for the next day after eating about 300 times, then cancelled his ticket for a full refund before validity expired.
4LON TIL that Peregrine Falcons are the fastest member of the animal kingdom. With a top recorded dive speed of 242mph
E1ZVV TIL on July 17, 1955, within a week of Disneyland opening, operator error resulted in the caboose of the Disneyland Railroad crashing and derailing. During the ensuing commotion, the brakeman at fault "quietly left the scene of the accident, exited the park, and was not seen again".
QNXWX TIL about Mexican woman Miriam Rodriguez who tracked the killers of her 14-year-old daughter Karen after she was abducted in 2012. She disguised herself to get their names & addresses & made excuses to meet their families. She was shot 12 times outside her house 10 May 2017, Mother’s Day in Mexico.