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TIL that Captain Planet took on Hitler.

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Bg4Vy TIL Ghyslain Raza (the Star Wars Kid) began getting tutored at home because the school staff asked him not to return the following year after students started to tease or mock him which they saw as bad publicity. Although, he was able to move past it and now has a law degree & is working on his PHD.
5MYR TIL that in 1986 a convict escaped during a prison transfer. A week later he returned in a stolen helicopter and broke out his girlfriend.
EgdyP TIL that Ewan McGregor’s brother, Colin McGregor, is a pilot in the Royal Air Force and his aviation nickname is Obi-Two
7rEax TIL in 1917 the Aerowagon experimental high-speed railcar used an aircraft engine and propeller traction to go 140 kph (87mph) to carry Soviet officials. In 1921 officials successfully went from Moscow to Tula. On return it derailed at high speed killing 6 of 22 on board including the inventor.
rnRo TIL that From Dusk Till Dawn, Planet Terror, Death Proof, and Kill Bill all exist in the same universe, and that From Dusk Till Dawn actually happens last, chronologically