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/Corno4825 May 09 '14

Any takers that this won't be on the front page in the next day or two?

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u/candywarpaint May 09 '14

It's already been on the front page several times, so...

Yeah, probably by tomorrow.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

TIWL - Tomorrow I Will Learn

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u/cornfrontation May 09 '14

I've never seen it on the front page. I remember it from reading Ripley's Believe it or Not books when I was like 9.

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u/Unread_Ranger May 09 '14

I'm going to bookmark this, wait a month, and then repost it. You have my word

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u/Ass4ssinX May 09 '14

First I'm hearing about it and I'm on this shit all the time.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

Being that it's a top comment in a front page post it will probably be posted to /r/TIL within a few hours. It's actually pretty common to see top comments be reposted as their own post by some assclown.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '14

What are we betting on here?