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TIL the Santa Marie didn’t make to the U.S. because the crew partied too hard and all fell asleep. Only the cabin boy stayed awake to steer, but he crashed the ship into Haiti.

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ADZ7o TIL of Dorothy Steel, the 91 yr old who made her big film acting debut as merchant tribal elder, who advises Chadwick Boseman's character in Marvel's "Black Panther." She sent in her audition tape and Marvel exec's said "Who is that old lady? We want her." She began her acting career at 88.
dDXG9 TIL: In Season 7 of "Married With Children", Peggy's cousin "Seven" was introduced. His parents (played by Bobcat Goldtwait and Linda "Exorcist" Blair) come to visit the Bundys and abandon him while getting cigarettes. He lasted 12 episodes before vanishing, last being seen on a milk carton.
x6yWb TIL that in Greek mythology, one of the monsters that Hercules had to fight were called "Stymphalian birds." These invasive and vicious birds were made of bronze and could kill people by launching bladed feathers at them. Their poop was also poisonous.
Z8P5a TIL Many families in San Francisco's Chinatown make $30,000 or $20,000 a year. $117,400 for a family of four is now considered “low income" in the city
PYeAJ TIL John DeLorean was arrested by the FBI for conspiring to smuggle $24M worth of cocaine into the US while the DeLorean Motor Co was failing to raise money to survive. Claiming he was coerced into participation in the deal by FBI agents who approached him as legitimate investors, he was acquitted