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TIL the UK gameshow 'Mastermind' is inspired by Gestapo interrogations

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R7w5w TIL in 1965 six boys from Tonga skipped school and 'borrowed' a boat. After a storm and 8 days adrift, they survived alone on a small rocky island for 15 months. They stayed friends and worked together to survive and stay fit. After their rescue they were jailed (shortly) for stealing the boat.
9wMVX TIL The early "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson" shows were taped over by the studio the following day, including the week Harry Belafonte hosted.
P78V TIL that Germans killed an estimated 1.9 million non-Jewish Polish civilians in concentration camps
8eJ0V TIL Levitt & Sons was an industry leader in building mass-production housing. They sold for $90M in 1964 but filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2007.
awQ4N TIL "Orange" as a color was named after the fruit. Before oranges were discovered, "geoluread" (yellowred) was the English word used to describe it.