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TIL that Laurence Fishburne cut all ties with his daughter after she started doing hardcore porn.

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WX78 TIL NASA use’s the film Armageddon as training. New recruits have to find as many inaccuracies as possible. There are 168, more than 1 per minute.
JVGv TIL that Bear Grylls was the first person to summit Mt. Everest after breaking a vertebrae. He also was the youngest Brit to summit at 23 in 1997, and flew over the summit with a powered paraglider in 2003.
4X4r5 TIL In 1922, the Bureau of Public Roads commissioned Gen. John J. Pershing to make a map for construction purposes and to highlight which roads in the U.S. were the most important in the event of war. The "Pershing Map" was the first official topographic road map of the United States.
4X6Z5 TIL one of the greatest generals Khalid ibn Al-Walid would fight opposing leaders in a 1v1 death match before battle. He remains undefeated in over a 100 battles.
wLMEE TIL that there is a park in Moscow containing toppled statues from across Russia