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TIL a man ran naked through Anchorage, Alaska, naked, climbed up a 30-foot flagpole, jumped off and died. 29-years later, he has still not been identified.

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8amrb TIL a male baboon in Australia being transported from a research facility to get a vasectomy escaped with 2 female baboons when their cage broke. The trio was captured after 2 hrs of freedom & the vasectomy was postponed. The females reportedly had been brought along to reduce the male's stress.
woXm7 TIL of the Brumadinho Tailings dam (toxic sludge created as a byproduct of Iron mining) collapse, the company that owned this mine owned another mine where they had another Tailings dam collapse causing major loss of life.
dDAjZ TIL Nick Fury's car AI in 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' was voiced by Robert Clotworthy, who has voiced Jim Raynor in 'StarCraft' series.
5Vx9k TIL that Steve Buscemi directed the highest rated episode of The Sopranos (on IMDB)
wLy7 TIL: A man received the heart of a suicide victim, married his widow, and years later killed himself on the same day the donor did.