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TIL that the cornfield in the beginning of Interstellar was planted specifically for the movie and sold for a profit

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QZ5L TIL of David Shaw, who upon breaking 4 diving world records at Bushman’s Hole, South Africa, discovered the body of a fellow diver from 10 years prior and died himself on a subsequent trip to retrieve the body
P1OaG TIL that the AK-47 is so iconic that it is on the flags and coats of arms of many countries like Mozambique, Zimbabwe, East Timor, etc.
oRMno TIL about King Neptune, a pig that the US navy auctioned multiple times to raise funds for the USS Illinois. It raised 19 million (321 million today) dollars in war bonds and two monuments were made in its honor.
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