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TIL that helicopter escapes from prison are not only real but highly successful

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X0Jar TIL in 1970 author Jilly Cooper lost the only manuscript for her erotic novel 'Riders' on a London bus. It was never found. Devasted, she took another 14 years to begin writing it again. It went on to became an international bestseller and kicked of the "bonkbustrr" genre.
rRGd1 TIL that All human are susceptible to the “illusion of truth effect”. Meaning the more we hear something, the more likely we are to believe it is true.
ne79r TIL an unknown man in Norway has been shitting in golf holes for a decade
d8K1r TIL that during the filming of Rocky IV Sylvester Stallone was hit so hard by Dolph Lundgren, he spent 8 days within intensive care. The injuries he sustained are usually caused by steering wheel trauma to the chest in car accidents. Stallone said "in a sense I was hit by a 'streetcar named drago'"
dDW68 TIL for more than 1000 miles of the Trans-Australian Railway there no natural water sources. When the line was first built in 1907 half of a trains load had to be water for the steam engines.