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OdMX TIL the last WWII officer surrendered in 1974 after living on an Island for decades, convinced that the war was not over. He died in 2014 at age 91.
MeKoK TIL on the last day of filming the Titanic movie, James Cameron was stabbed in the face by a cast member with a pen while feeling violently ill. 60 cast and crew were sent to the hospital feeling delirious and sick. Once food poisoning was ruled out they realized the chowder had been laced with PCP.
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Ry46 TIL Japanese scientists took some cherry tree seeds to space for 6 months. When returned to earth and planted, the trees first flowered 6 years earlier than expected with unfamiliar flowers. Scientists still don’t know why.