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TIL that Brad Pitt tore his Achilles tendon whilst filming a fight scene for Troy… as Achilles.

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9yZ6 TIL During the CIA’s experiments in brainwashing/mind control, a mental health patient was subjected to a 174 day acid trip.
wMZJ TIL: Of MSG Roy Benavidez who was shot in the face, head, right leg, stomach, thigh, bayoneted, and hit in the back by grenade fragments during one of his tours of Vietnam was about to be placed into a body bag when he spit in the doctors face to signal that he was still alive.
e0G7L TIL Capt. Joe Hazelwood, responsible for the Exxon Valdez disaster that spilled 11 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound and cost $7B to clean, was only found guilty of a misdemeanor (negligent discharge of oil), and was fined $50,000, and sentenced to 1,000 hours of community service.
JYJOm TIL about Richard Wadani, an Austrian who deserted Nazi Germany's army and switched to the Allied side in World War Two
1nmP TIL Bug zappers fell out of common use because for every 10,000 bugs it killed, only eight were found to be mosquitoes.