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TIL there was a 73 year old British Commando fighting in North Africa in WW2

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69dRW TIL Bangles' lead singer, Susanna Hoffs was tricked into recording the song "Eternal Flame" while completely naked.
NQEQ TIL that to escape a rip current, swim sideways, parallel to the beach. This will get you out of the narrow outward current, so you can swim back in with the waves helping you along.
6ED4l TIL in 2006 a Filipino-born Canadian boy was punished by his school for using his cutlery according to Filipino etiquette. The teacher sanctioned the 7-year-old Luc for what the school called "disgusting" and "piggish" eating habits: using a fork to push his food onto a spoon before eating it.
eean TIL: The GPS coordinates in the last season of Breaking Bad are actually the coordinates for Albuquerque Studios where Breaking Bad was filmed.
WkA7A TIL the term "Cletus Safari" - (the kind of news article in which the writer makes an expedition from some enclave of sophistication—New York City, let's say—to go talk to the exotic folk out in the hinterlands to get their take on an issue of interest.)