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TIL that Australian Aboriginals had their own indigenous farming and animal husbandry practices rather than being just hunter gatherers, and that their methods were sustainable and tailor-made to Australia's geographical challenges

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ne77G TIL that during the initial airborne landings on D-Day, paratrooper John Steele got stuck on a church tower. He played dead for two hours dangling on the side of the church, was later captured and promptly escaped, fought for the entire day and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart.
R7gY9 TIL: An Officer in the Air Force was fired for questioning whether or not a drunk President should have the power to launch a nuclear strike.
wo6xE TIL of Butterball's turkey cooking hotline. Every year they receive 10,000+ (panicked?) calls around Thanksgiving from people looking for tips on how to cook their turkey
e0pAL TIL That in 1941 maps and other escape aids were smuggled to Allied POWs in Monopoly sets during World War II. Of the estimated 35,000 Allied POWS who successfully escaped, an estimated one-third were aided in their flight by the rigged Monopoly sets.
D1d8g TIL in The Shining, Stanley Kubrick intentionally isolated Shelley Duvall and argued with her often. Duvall was forced to perform the iconic and exhausting baseball bat scene 127 times. Afterwards, Duvall presented Kubrick with clumps of hair that had fallen out due to the extreme stress of filming.