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TIL John Mellencamp has dated and broken up with Meg Ryan twice, even going as far as getting engaged the second time.

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NyEJ TIL guns are found in carry-ons at US airports five times a day.
0wnmR TIL the popular door knock "dah dah dah dah dah...dah dah" is know as the "Shave and a Haircut" and was used by POWs during the vietnam war to identify new US prisoners. They would tap the first five notes, and wait for the last two notes in response
x6LX7 TIL about Visual Snow Syndrome, where individuals will see flickering coloured, clear, white, or black dots across their vision at all times.
7r88M TIL scientists caught a skink evolving. Researchers found that skinks living below a mountain in warmer climates would lay eggs. At higher climates, the cold caused the skinks to hold their eggs inside for longer until they would hatch internally for live births.
e04j6 TIL: After Ralph Nader Published "Unsafe at any Speed" in 1965, General Motors kept trying to discredit him, including hiring a prostitute to seduce him, but he turned her away. So they hired detectives to prove he was gay, but they were caught when Nader entered Congress and they tried to follow.