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TIL Morgan Freeman is against Black History Month

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Egrpw TIL in 2003 two Australian teens spent 22 hours in a tree above rising floodwaters after a crocodile killed their friend and showed off his body to them. The 13-foot crocodile then stalked them in their tree all night and most of the morning they were stuck there, before being rescued by helicopter.
YpbBP TIL blanching dehydrates food. I always assumed boiling food in water would increase moisture levels.
D1BXv TIL that boxing announcer Michael Buffer and UFC's announcer Bruce Buffer are long lost half-brothers that hadn't met until Michael was 49.
arXL TIL in 1937, a natural gas leak at the local school in New London, Texas caused a massive explosion that killed more than 295 students and teachers, the deadliest school disaster in US history. Adolf Hitler even sent his condolences via telegram.
OwoR TIL Bill Murray tossed a producer into a lake during the filming of “What about Bob.” He also “threatened to throw her across the parking lot, then broke her sunglasses and threw them across the parking lot.”