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TIL of Dave Shaw. A deep-water diver who,while trying to break the world record for diving,found the body of another diver who had been missing for 10 years.

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8d8L TIL There is a $44,000 salary cap for doormen in NYC
rRJ7W TIL: Angela Lansbury's daughter got involved with the Manson Family, so Lansbury responded by moving the family to a remote farmhouse in County Cork, Ireland.
e0dQ6 TIL that after his footage of Joe Exotic burned in an obvious arson attack, Rick Kirkham returned home to Dallas, Texas, where a mere six months later his house burned down, killing his dog.
POmO TIL the declassified SR-71 pilot’s manual states that it can cruise above mach 3.4… climbs faster than mach 3… and weighs a mind blowing “143,000 lbs”…more than the German King Tiger tank. It first flew in 1962 and is also the first stealth aircraft.
oLg7 TIL a man in Charlotte, North Carolina spent $1,200 to convert his diesel car to run on vegetable oil. He was fined $1,000 by the state for not paying gasoline taxes, and told he would need to post a $2,500 bond before using the oil