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TIL The song "Runaway Train" by Soul Asylum increased the awareness of runaway minors, resulting in 26 missing person cases mentioned in the music video to be closed as of right now.

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vArL TIL that one of the most complex Chinese characters is made up of 43 strokes. And you need to write it twice for a particular type of noodles (biang biang mian)
VvBZ TIL Famous aviator Charles Lindbergh served in WWII as a fighter pilot, despite still being a civilian. His wingman was known as “Fishkiller Miller” after he missed a target and accidentally killed thousands of nearby fish instead.
yVZKa TIL Sally Field's son Peter Craig is a screenwriter with credits on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 and Part 2, Bad Boys for Life, The Batman and Top Gun: Maverick. Her other son Eli Craig directed the cult hit Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil.
D1Nne TIL In 1929, W. Forssmann performed the first human heart cath on himself. He tricked the OR nurse, put himself under local anesthesia, inserted a catheter into his arm, then walked to the X-ray room to see if it reached his heart. He was fired from the hospital, but awarded the Nobel Prize in 1956.