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TIL The first man to survive going down Niagara Falls died by slipping on an orange peel

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Ng78 TIL in 2004 a man woke up beaten in a burger king dumpster with no memory, and was annoyed by nurses asking for his name so he made one up - meet Benjaman Kyle. The FBI has been trying to find out his past.
oRRr TIL green tea contains chemicals that will seep through pores to repel mosquitos.
OopaL TIL - Watergate was not just a break-in but there were 69 people indicted and 48 people—many of them top Nixon administration officials—convicted.
d8K9B TIL that a B-52 once flew without most of its tail. The crew was preparing to eject when they realised they still have some control of the plane and flew it back. In total, the bomber flew for 5 hours without 83 percent of its tail.
8nQV TIL Dick Jones nearly drowned while reading his “underwater” lines in the film Pinocchio, as he was “lying on his back while a director poured water into his mouth.”