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TIL the world record for most parachute jumps in a 24-hour period is 640 set by Jay Stokes in 2006.

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Wk8wX TIL that during renovation works to the Statue of Liberty before centennial celebrations in 1986, engineers found numerous defects when it was originally designed and constructed. These include the head being two metres off centre, and the right arm not being properly attached.
R5WAl TIL about underwater hockey, also known as Octopush, which is played by holding your breath in a 2 metre deep pool while manoeuvreing a puck across the bottom of a swimming pool using only one hand into the other team's goal with a mini hockey stick/pusher up to 25 metres away at the opposite end
VXdZ TIL that the worst industrial accident occured in Texas City, Texas in 1947. It was so powerful that it launched a 2 ton anchor over 2km, leveled 1,000 buildings and destroyed small aircraft flying overheard. It lead to the first class action lawsuit against the U.S. government.
wLRw6 TIL that a Serbian high-school biology textbook used a picture of Nicolas Cage and Holly Hunter in "Raising Arizona" on the cover from 1993 to 2001.
4kE86 TIL The Ventures, a bunch of young kids in Tacoma, recorded Walk, Don't Run as an instrumental in 1960. A friend covered drums for them. He was offered $25 or 25% of the royalties. It sold millions of copies, helping create other guitar groups, and is in the Grammy Hall of Fame. He took the $25.