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TIL that David Blaine has over the course of a decade been buried alive for 7 days, encased in ice for 64 hrs, stood on 100ft high pillar for 35 hrs, survived only on water for 44 days and spent 7 days submerged underwater water

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jNyXR TIL during WWII a Japanese submarine attacked coastal targets near Ellwood and Santa Barbara, California. The Steven Spielberg film, 1941, is partly based on this incident.
ke67 TIL Melanie Griffith was nicknamed Brainiac in 1992, because she didn’t know Germans had “done bad things” to Jews during World War II until working on the set of Shining Through. She was 34.
M7QLm TIL the US didn’t have the $15m to pay France for Louisiana, so they financed it through a banks in London. Napoleon had made the deal with the US to fund his war against Great Britain and Europe. Britain allowed this deal to go through only because they didn’t want France to have their NA territory
e05kk TIL Hawaii's black sand beaches were created instantaneously when hot lava shattered as it reached the sea.
6EG0Y TIL that saffron is so expensive because it takes one entire acre to produce one pound!