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TIL of Bill Morgan, who survived clinical death, won the lottery, and then won again while reenacting it on camera.

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46a TIL that when a supermarket tabloid accused a U.S. Senator of being an alien from another planet, his office responded to the allegations in the Associated Press with the phrase “klaatu barada nikto”.
kPRm TIL Clint Eastwood directed two movies “Letters from Iwo-Jima” and “Flags Of Our Fathers” that featured the same battle but from opposite perspectives.
Y7W TIL that fantasy congress exist, where players draft members of congress and points were based off Legislative success.
rRXp0 TIL i learned that one of the most decorated United States Navy warship was USS Parche (SSN-683), a Sturgeon-class nuclear fast attack submarine launched in 1973. She had over 32 awards, including 9 Presidental Unit Citations, 10 Navy Unit Commendations and 13 Navy Expeditionary Medals.
1rg8 TIL that you are more likely to die as a drug dealer in Chicago than as a death row inmate in Texas.