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TIL that the Gibson Desert in Australia was named after Alfred Gibson, an explorer who disappeared while trying to cross it, and whose brother William had previously disappeared with the Franklin Expedition.

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ne94o TIL, if you pay the full cash bail to the court, that money is required to be returned to you after all court appearances have been fulfilled and you were found not guilty. If you paid a bail bondsman, that money is not returned because it is deemed their fee for service.
16MpP TIL the movie 'Cape Fear' was originally developed by Steven Spielberg, but he eventually decided it was too violent and traded it to Martin Scorsese in exchange for 'Schindler's List', which Scorsese had decided not to make.
1rbV TIL that Dr. Ben Carson, an African American conservative that frequently appears on Fox News, was the first person to successfully separate conjoined twins from the head, a task that involved him leading a 70 man team for 22 hours.
8vgP TIL that one woman successfully smuggled 2500 jewish children away from the nazis during the holocaust.
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