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TIL Of the Oldest 100 Americans to Have Ever Lived, Only 6 Were Men

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X0mor TIL: shortly after “Pulp Fiction” was released, Steven Spielberg invited Tarantino on a hunting trip. There, Spielberg predicted that Tarantino would win an Oscar for Best Screenplay, while Robert Zemeckis would win an Oscar for Best Director. Spielberg's assertion was exactly how it all played out.
k6bm TIL James Doohan (Scotty from Star Trek) was in the Canadian military and on D-Day killed two snipers and was himself shot 6 times … by friendly fire.
dDXk9 TIL about The “Victory Speed”. Beginning in May of 1942 and ending in August of 1945, a nationwide speed limit of 35 miles per hour was instated. The “Victory Speed” limit was instated in order to reduce gasoline and rubber consumption.
bn60 TIL that the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service now recognise League of Legends pro-players as professional athletes and the visa application process is now simplified for them.
Ypr5A TIL that Twenty or more US Airmen were in Hiroshima as POWs when the Atom Bomb fell. SSG Ralph J. Neal and another Airman, Norman Brissette, survived the initial blast by jumping into a cesspool, only to die thirteen days later from radiation poisoning.