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TIL: The Mayflower Was Headed for Virginia But Was Blown Off Course

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E76p TIL: When Clint Eastwood was 21 he survived a plan crash in the ocean then swam unassisted two miles in the frigid Pacific waters just off the San Fransisco Bay.
Ool7a TIL The Star Wars prequels used computer animation to create legions of Clone Troopers
YpR5x TIL why we have middle names. The 3 names used today began in the Middle Ages when people were torn between giving their child a saint’s name or a common family name. The practice of giving 3 names eventually resolved the problem with a formula, given name 1st, baptismal name 2nd, surname 3rd
R78b8 TIL about a murderer who got caught 4 years after the crime because he had gotten the murder scene tattooed on his chest
NXkBP TIL about Corrie Mckeague, an Air Force Gunner who disappeared while returning home from a night drinking with friends. The leading theory for his disappearance is that he climbed into a garbage bin to fall asleep, and was picked up and eventually crushed by a garbage truck.