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TIL that Jamie Hyneman has been a certified dive master, wilderness survival expert, boat captain, linguist, pet shop owner, animal wrangler, machinist, concrete inspector, and chef.

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P1doZ TIL the script for the film Colombiana was initially written as a sequel to the The Professional
gMjR9 TIL some people are phobic of certain numbers. In some Asian countries, it is common to omit floors that include the 4 as it is similar to death in Mandarin. While in Italy, 17 may refer "I am dead." In some western cultures, 13 is considered an unlucky number.
d8Bgr TIL of the Aquatots. In 1950, Bubba, aged 4, swam 22 miles of the Mississippi River while Kathy, aged 2, swam 5 miles. When their father attempted them crossing the English Channel, the British and French forbade it as child abuse. Later, the father bragged of their baby food diet and killed Kathy.
ppLp TIL of Michael Richards, who died in his art studio on 9/11, floor 92 WTC North, whose art focused on planes; including sculptures of airplanes piercing his own body.
JYVK4 TIL of the Parsley massacre when Domincan forces killed as many as 35,000 Haitians. Few bullets were used – instead, Haitians were bludgeoned and bayonetted, then herded into the sea, where sharks finished what the soliders had began.