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R7pga TIL John Hughes filmed "The Breakfast Club" and "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" concurrently to save time and money. He even used the same closed high school for the interior scenes, but built a second library in the gym for "Breakfast Club" as the original was too small.
wVJM TIL a woman purchased and renovated a Boeing 727 (airplane) to live in and ended up costing only about $30,000
m11BP TIL that until 1986 the tennis balls used at Wimbledon were white. They were changed to yellow to be more visible on TV.
5VY1n TIL on the JH-7 fighter jet's maiden flight (12/07/1988), its engines started vibrating so wildly that by the time it reached the airfield, none of its instruments worked anymore since their connections to the panel had all shaken loose. Nonetheless, the pilot managed to land the prototype safely.
p8mWe TIL that Troop Sport, a popular streetwear brand in the '80s and '90s, went bankrupt because of fake rumors that it was owned by the KKK.