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TIL the young adult author Robert Cormier put his own home phone number in one of his novels, and thousands of readers called him at home before his death in 2000.

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OGE76 TIL during the filming of 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming, it became a secret running joke between Tom Holland and Michael Keaton that Keaton would often whisper in a deep voice“I’m Batman” in Tom’s ear on set during a few fight scenes.
E19xV TIL that "On May 5, 1971, Scottie Dunning discovered a tiny male harbor seal pup on the shore of Cundy’s Harbor, Maine." After living in captivity, the seal pup now named Hoover "began to utter phrases such as: “Hello, there!” and “Come Over Here!” in a thick New England accent"
p8bL4 TIL of Japanese General and Poet, Nogi Maresuke, who took Port Arthur twice - from China (1894) and Russian (1904), sought permission from the emperor to kill himself as felt he lost too many soldiers in battle, was refused, so waited eight years and committed suicide right after the emperor died.
RjZ4 TIL In 1960 a terrorist armed with a bomb tried to hijack Trans Australia Flight 408. The co-pilot punched him in the face and ripped the wires from the bomb saving all 49 passengers.
78rLO TIL that Jamaica in NYC and Jamaica in the Caribbean are derived from unrelated words. The neighborhood in Queens, NYC, is named from the Lenape word "Yameco," or Beaver, while the island of Jamaica got its name from the Arawak word "Xaymaca," meaning Land of Wood and Water.