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TIL of Jon-Erik Hexum, an actor who was fooling around with a gun between delays on a TV set in 1984. He jokingly raised the gun to his head and said “Can you believe this crap?” before pulling the trigger and blowing his skull open with the explosion of the blank at close range.

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nAg9 TIL Cheetos Flamin’ Hot flavor was invented by a Frito Lay’s janitor - Richard Montanez. He is now Pepsi Co’s executive vice president of multicultural sales and community activation.
d8WK TIL that when banana slugs mate, sometimes they get stuck, so, to separate, they take turns gnawing off the penis.
W77lL TIL that no song debuted at No.1 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for 40 years, until 1995 - when it happened 4 times.
rRwLw TIL about Integrity Idol, a competition held in a few developing countries to find the most honest government officials. It aims to highlight honest officials and inspire a new generation to be more effective public servants.
LkWDd TIL in World War II, a few engineers wanted to reinforce the (returned) fighter planes where most of the bullet holes were. Mr. Abraham Wald then said: Let's reinforce them where no bullet holes are instead - because apparently, airplanes hit in these spots did NOT return.