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TIL after Pablo Escobar escaped from prison and was on the run in the jungles of Columbia with his family, it was so damp that he couldn’t find dry kindle to make a fire so he used his money… he burned over $2 Million dollars just to keep him and his daughter warm.

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7rp8Z TIL Ed McMahon (Johnny Carson's sidekick) was a carrier certified Marine F4U Corsair instructor pilot during WWII and an artillery spotter during the Korean War. He flew a total of 85 combat missions. After the war, he stayed with the Marines as a reserve officer, retiring in 1966 as a colonel.
wLjWJ TIL that January 14th is the Feast of the Ass. A Catholic feast day mostly celebrated in the Middle Ages that honors all asses in the Bible, especially the one that bore Mary and the baby Jesus into Egypt after the birth.
Lk5VZ TIL producer Lee Mendelson was working on a Peanuts special when—while driving over the Golden Gate Bridge—Vince Guaraldi's Cast Your Fate To The Wind came on the radio. He was so moved, he immediately booked lunch with Guaraldi & asked him to score the music for A Charlie Brown Christmas.
jMjj TIL: Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson was the starting quarterback at Louisiana Tech for two seasons ahead of Terry Bradshaw
WvXB TIL the original order of assassins killed their targets in broad daylight in crowded areas, with a rule to not kill any civilians. A contemporary Jewish historian wrote of them: “they are believers of the word of their elder and everyone everywhere fears them, because they even kill kings.”