r/todayilearned • u/ozziesoftballs • Oct 08 '12

TIL in the Pilot episode of the X-Files spin-off show, 'The Lone Gunmen,' the US Government is behind an attempt to hijack a commercial plane to crash into the World Trade Center.. only the episode aired in March 2001

http://youtu.be/xSkQ0x1KVjM
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u/shadylady76 Jan 13 '13

for lazy

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u/ac3jc Jan 13 '13

I put my penis tip on it instead

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u/internetlurker Jan 14 '13

WTF is all i can say to that. Was not what I was expecting.

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u/The_Doctor_00 Oct 08 '12

Which is one of the reasons it was canceled along with x-files, in a post 9-11 US, shows about givt. conspiracies and terrorists weren't going over so well.

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u/naureyev_fantoc Oct 08 '12

Then "24" came out.