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TIL of the tradition of the Missing Man (a.k.a Fallen Comrade Table) which is used to honor fallen, missing or imprisoned military service members

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R7Ab6 TIL actor Daniel von Bargen, who was known for his roles as Mr. Kruger on Seinfeld, Commandant Edwin Spangler on Malcolm in the Middle, and Chief Grady in Super Troopers shot himself in the temple in 2012 in an apparent suicide attempt
GAP05 TIL that Owen Wilson was considered to play Micheal Scott in The Office
nWpNW TIL Children of South Naknek, Alaska are flown daily to attend school in Naknek, riding the United States of America’s only flying school bus.
4XRJ5 TIL that the US Army never gave the Native Americans smallpox infested blankets as a tool of genocide. The US did inflict countless atrocities against the natives, but the smallpox blankets story was fabricated by a University of Colorado professor.
E1w5p TIL Fergie, the Black Eyed Peas frontwoman, sent Alanis Morissette a butt-shaped cake after being impressed by her cover version and video of My Humps.