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TIL that Marlon Brando refused his Oscar for The Godfather as a show of support for the native Americans in the film industry.

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M4GV TIL in 2005, a woman performing her first solo skydive jump of 10000 ft survived a parachute malfunction which caused her to slam face first into a parking lot at 50 MPH. During surgery doctors discovered she was pregnant. She made a full recovery and the baby was fine.
kEne TIL A man in China purchased a first-class plane ticket and used it to eat a year’s worth of free meals at the VIP lounge at Xi’an International Airport
wENE TIL In Victorian times bottles were used to collect tears with a special stopper that allowed the tears to evaporate. When the tears were gone the mourning period was over.
BeJy TIL a woman from Michigan,US gave birth on 10/10/10, 09/09/09 and 08/08/08 whose odds are 50 million to one.
vrLr TIL that Tom Clancy actually had a good deal of input on the games that bear his name. Including making Sam Fisher fail if he kills a civilian.