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TIL: A fighter pilot who was rescued in Vietnam never had a chance to thank the helicopter pilot who rescued him. (Or even knew who it was). Years later as a co-pilot for TWA, his flight engineer turned out to be his rescuer.
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 03:39AM by AverageJoe68
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TIL former NFL player Warrick Dunn raised his five siblings while attending college and then playing in the NFL, after his mom, a police officer, was shot dead while he was in high school. He built 145 houses for single moms, and also met and forgave the man who was convicted of killing his mother.
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 06:41AM by chemistrynerd1994
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TIL Both George Lucas and Don McLean were fans of Weird Al Yankovic's "The Saga Begins" (a Star Wars parody of "American Pie"). McLean said that the parody's lyrics sometimes enter his mind during live performances and a Lucasfilm representative said "You should have seen the smile on Lucas's face."
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 12:13AM by EnoughPM2020
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TIL of Hannah Senesh, a Jewish paratrooper and poet during the Holocaust. She was captured, tortured, and eventually executed, but never gave up her comrades. "I could have been twenty-three next July; I gambled on what mattered most, the dice were cast. I lost."
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 03:18AM by DoctorKynes
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TIL On September 15, 2009, Comedy Central re-broadcasted South Park's 'Fishsticks' episode for two straight hours following the press attention towards Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards.
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 05:13AM by PyrexTheKingJr
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TIL Philip Seymour Hoffman didn't want his children to be "Trust Fund Kids" so he didn't make a trust for them, which resulted in a $12 million tax bill that he could have avoided if he made a trust and exercised proper estate planning.
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 04:11PM by ForeignRespond
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TIL of Robert Smalls, a slave during the Civil War who escaped by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, persuaded Lincoln to allow African-Americans in the army, and later became a US House Representative. One of his final actions as a leader was to stop a lynch mob from killing two black men.
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 03:53PM by etymologynerd
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TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car, a car that serves as both a vehicle and a boat. He used it to scare guests by driving them into his lake while screaming that the brakes were malfunctioning
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 05:11PM by trendy-one
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TIL research reveals slow left lane drivers are spiking accident rates. Slowing down and changing lanes multiple times can be far more dangerous than speeding, causing almost 10 percent of highway accidents. Some drivers are misguided in believing they are keeping people safer by slowing traffic
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 06:59PM by IndyScent
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TIL Canada's nuclear reactors (CANDU) are designed to use decommissioned nuclear weapons as fuel and can be refueled while running at full power. They're considered among the safest and the most cost effective reactors in the world.
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 07:52PM by zeamp
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TIL that the country of Iraq takes its name from the 5000+ year old Sumerian city of Uruk, home of the legendary King Gilgamesh
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 03:03PM by Doglatine
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TIL that when Norway was occupied by the Germans in WW2, the Nazis made the Lebensborn program where Norwegian girls were forced into mating with Nazi officers and having their children. One of the Lebensborn women grew up to be Frida Lyngstad, who was a member of the Swedish band ABBA.
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 07:09PM by TommZ5
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TIL Mars, Inc. refused to let Universal use its M&M products for the 1982 movie "E.T." because they found the E.T. character to be terrifying and ugly. Hershey agree to have Reese’s Pieces be used in the film, which boosted company profits by an incredible 65% during the film's release.
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 09:46PM by TrendWarrior101
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TIL Adam West and Frank Gorshin were once kicked out of orgy because they insisted in staying in character of Batman and The Riddler
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Submitted February 28, 2019 at 11:21PM by YourStateOfficer
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