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TIL Harrison Odjegba Okene became a commercial diver who works for the same company that rescued him after he unexpectedly survived 60 hours underwater in a sunken ship.

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6E5pw TIL during the Space Race, the Soviet chief rocket engineer Sergei Korolev was never referred to by his real name. He was always identified as the "Chief Designer" to avoid a potential assassination attempt by the US. Not even cosmonauts working with him knew his real name.
d8pkQ TIL BBQ Sauce Has Vitamin C In It
Ooba1 TIL Until 2015 the UK drivers licence required a paper counterpart for the photocard to be valid. The counterpart was abolished on the 8th of June 2015, except in Northern Ireland where the counterpart must still be presented for the photocard to be valid.
xV06k TIL The Statue of Liberty, being made of copper, gets struck by lightning ~600x a year. The amount of electricity it sustains is equal to 8,332kWh.
N7Y1e TIL: With Aliens (1986), Sigourney Weaver received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Actress and although she did not win, it was considered a landmark nomination for an actress to be considered for a science-fiction/horror film, a genre which previously was given little recognition