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TIL on the last day of filming the Titanic movie, James Cameron was stabbed in the face by a cast member with a pen while feeling violently ill. 60 cast and crew were sent to the hospital feeling delirious and sick. Once food poisoning was ruled out they realized the chowder had been laced with PCP.

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7reM7 TIL that while dolphins are known to be intelligent and friendly, some males are known to bash unrelated dolphin calves to death so they are able to mate with their mothers. They also practice herding, in which many males pressure a female for sex using displays of aggression.
KYv79 TIL that Monowi, Nebraska has been the smallest town in the United States of America since 2010 with Elsie Eiler being it's only resident.
XELXj TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital but didn't know if Veterans Affairs covered an ambulance not pre-authorized. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed & Jimmy John's answered; JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.
8a8nK TIL that a plane carrying 6,000 pounds of pot crashed in Yosemite National Park. Climbers in Yosemite Valley heard news of the crash and sparked a miniature gold rush with up to 20 people searching the frozen crash site. Much of the weed was salvaged, smoked, or sold before park rangers caught on.
DrAe TIL that in 1994 a man was granted a retrial after it came to light the jurors used an oujia board to conclude his guilt.