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TIL Jerry Springer was born in London during World War II in an underground station

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07PL TIL a RAF pilot accidentally took off with a woman sitting on the tail of the aircraft. After a brief flight, the aircraft, pilot and “passenger’ landed safely.
DQWBg TIL In Norway the Storting, consisting of the president and five vice presidents. The system with five vice presidents was implemented in 2009. According to current practice, political parties are represented proportionately in the Storting's Presidium.
Ledd TIL Ronda Rousey was given recently deceased Roddy Piper’s permission to use the nickname “Roudy” for her UFC fights.
V7BD TIL rapper Rakim, universally considered one of the greatest rap lyricists ever, quit Dr. Dre’s record label because Dr. Dre wanted him to rap about things like “killing somebody”, while Rakim wanted to rap more about “bringing somebody to life”.
WkJ08 TIL about Francisco Boix who not only survived Mauthausen concentration camp. He also managed to save thousands of negatives that would later be used as photographic evidence documenting the atrocities. He even helped convict nazis at the Nuremberg trials using his evidence.