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TIL Police found a man wearing a rucksack full of rocks who had been shot in the head, put into a sack, and fastened with cable ties before he hit the water. The death was ruled a suicide.

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Bgm4L TIL The Thunderbird Diamond disaster occurred in 1982 at Indian Springs AFB in Arizona. Four jets flying in formation dropped down to 100 ft at 400 mph as part of a training session. The lead jet had a malfunction and slammed into the ground and was followed by the other jets. Four officers died.
R7VZ7 TIL that while filming Armageddon, Ben Affleck asked director Michael Bay, why it was easier to train oil drillers to become astronauts than it was to train astronauts to become oil drillers, and was told to shut the fuck up.
ANmMn TIL Chris Farley was the original Voice Actor for Shrek, but then died during production causing the Studio to call in Mike Myers to replace him
4ky4w TIL that Sea Urchins are called Sea Urchins because Hedgehogs used to be called Urchins until about the 15th century. Sea Urchins are Ocean Hedgehogs
L4P0 TIL The terms “left” and “right” in politics appeared during the French Revolution of 1789 when members of the National Assembly divided into supporters of the king to the president’s right and supporters of the revolution to his left.