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TIL Nicolas Cage was once stalked by a mime.

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1aAG4 TIL US Navy's submarine periscope controls used to cost $38,000, but were replaced by $20 xbox controllers.
7WAb TIL there are helmets which remain completely invisible until the moment of impact.
kJlKg TIL Johnny Depp cut off the tip of his own finger.
GYQAJ TIL Maria Daume, the first female marine to go through the traditional training process, was born in a Siberian prison and orphaned at age 2.
VMeWG TIL that Ritalin (Methylphenidate - which used to treat ADHD) is in the same class of drugs as Methamphetamine and acts in a largely similar way on the body (both are CNS stimulants), so a Ritalin overdose exhibits largely the same symptoms as an overdose on meth.