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TIL that a woman fell to her death BASE jumping from Yosemite’s El Capitan as part of a protest intended to prove the safety of BASE jumping. Her husband filmed the fall from the meadow below.

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JpPk TIL minutes after FDR’s mother, Sara Delano Roosevelt, died, the largest of the many oak trees outside her home suddenly collapsed. It was a clear, windless day.
9wrDQ TIL that the U.S. Army officially began fielding its replacement for the M4 this month. The M7 rifle will be distributed to the Army’s entire close combat force of infantry, paratroopers and scouts.
YpAJB TIL the horse's head in the movie The Godfather was real, from a local dog food company
gLAD TIL Alec Guinness (Obi-Wan Kenobi) converted to Catholicism after playing a Catholic priest in a film. While filming Father Brown in Burgundy in 1954, Guinness was in costume as a Catholic priest, and was mistaken for a real priest by a local child. He converted in 1956.
xaPw TIL that the band The Postal Service was sent a cease and desist letter by the US Postal Service for trademark infringement of their name. After negotiations, the USPS allowed the band to use the name in exchange for playing a free show at their national conference.