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TIL In 1995 a Marine fell overboard his ship unnoticed. He survived by treading water for 3 days until a Pakistani fishing boat found him.

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RQN1 TIL that in 1980, 4 FBI agents went to the Census Bureau’s Colorado Springs office with warrants but were forced to leave. Courts upheld that no agency, including the FBI, has access to Census data.“
Eg47w TIL Tom Lehrer, Mathematician, Musician, and Satirist also invented the Jello Shot while serving on a military base
M7Vwa TIL The "Gates of Hell" crater pit has been burning for over 50 years despite attempts to extinguish the flames
M7K7a TIL, a man was wrongfully declared dead, so he attended his own funeral, tried to get arrested, tried to get elected and more. it took 19 years for him to be declared alive
N5R1 TIL that a black police officer faced charges for not investigating racial taunts against himself.