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TIL that Jeremy Wade, (the guy from River Monsters) at “various times in his journey around the world, was detained as a suspected spy, caught malaria, threatened at gunpoint, survived a plane crash, and survived drowning.
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TIL A year after Rise Against released the song “Architects”, the British band Architects released a bonus track titled “Rise Against”.
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TIL: One in 25 people are sociopaths. Many are successful, attractive and charming. They are completely remorseless and expert at getting what they want.
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TIL that during wwII, the german forces built fake airfields with fake wooden planes in it. The allied forces waited until they finished them, then sent out air raids in which they dropped wooden bombs on them.
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TIL that The Flash travelled back in time, became a form of pure energy, and was the very bolt of lightning that gave him powers in the first place.
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TIL in Feb 2006, Steve Jobs personally called and gifted a 16 year old ten iPods, an iMac and a $10,000 music gift certificate when he bought the iTunes Store’s one billionth song.
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TIL despite most of the them being right-handed, 70% of Canadian hockey players use left-handed sticks. This is the opposite of US players (70% righty sticks)… and no one knows why.
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TIL that pirate Benjamin Hornigold once attacked a ship just to take their hats.
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TIL A newspaper reporter in Toronto, gave homeless people prepaid gift cards in $50 and $75 denominations. He then tracked them online, to see what they spent it on.
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TIL Wil.I.Am created the Samurai Jack theme song
