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TIL While training to become an actor, Steve Buscemi spent four years working as a NY firefighter. The day after 9/11, he put on his old gear, joined his old company, and spent five days helping to clean the rubble.

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8a9aV TIL that actress Olivia de Havilland, who got her first Oscar nomination in 1939 for her role in Gone With the Wind (at age 23), is still alive. She's 103.
PYrvg TIL Barcodes were first invented to track railroad cars traveling across the country in the 1960s. A colored barcode was attached to steel plates on the side of train cars and scanned as they entered and exited railroad facilities.
9r4p TIL a 17 y/o high school student jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge “for fun” while on a school trip and survived.
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