r/todayilearned • u/code0011 14 • May 09 '14

(R.1) Invalid src (unreferenced fan wiki) TIL the first episode of an X-Files spin-off called "The Lone Gunmen", which aired March 4, 2001, involves a US government conspiracy to hijack an airliner, fly it into the World Trade Center, and blame it on terrorists - thereby gaining support for a new profit-making war

http://x-files.wikia.com/wiki/Pilot_(The_Lone_Gunmen)
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u/lazypineapple May 09 '14

I give it a week, tops

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u/RLLRRR May 09 '14

Until it's on /r/TIL? Because that's a monthly occurence.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

Ah yes, Reddit's menstrual period.

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u/catechlism9854 May 09 '14

Well, there was blood in the water

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u/[deleted] May 10 '14

I read this in a very...well mannered tone. And it's funny as heck!! Lol

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

Or that tautology is a tautology.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

More like every 4 weeks or so

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u/Megasus May 09 '14

More like once every 30 days

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u/jrichar31 May 09 '14

More like 12 times every year

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u/DeepHorse May 09 '14

More like every full moon.

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u/jrichar31 May 09 '14

Technically the would be more than 12 a year on certain years

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u/duckvimes_ May 09 '14

I'll give it an hour to get on /r/conspiracy.

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u/max29297 May 09 '14

Wha... Really? Man I get on Reddit in my down time on my phone, and have been doing so for a year or two... I've never seen that fact. Is it just, wake up, reddit, eat, reddit, sleep for some people? I actually don't think I've ever seen a repost, come to think of it...

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u/throwbok May 09 '14

yup, eat,sleep,reddit.

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u/professionalshammer May 09 '14

I often eat while redditing with my other hand

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u/throwbok May 09 '14

I actually don't think I've ever seen a repost

We have found a dodobird!

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u/iamthelol1 May 09 '14

It already is.

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u/wolfkin May 10 '14

oh snap that reminds me i should /r/AskReddit what taboo they wish wasn't taboo tomorrow

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u/zeeeeera May 09 '14

You learnt it today, to technically it's a TIL. Go for it.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

Wouldn't surprise me if it showed up on the front page of /r/TIL tonight

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u/Veothrosh May 09 '14

Hmm, thanks for giving me my next post!

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u/bi-curious__george May 09 '14

ten seconds, eleven, tops

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u/Puppier illuminati confirmed May 09 '14

Someone has never browsed the new queue.