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TIL that the castaways in Gilligan's Island never escaped the island in the show's original run. In a 1978 TV movie they make it off the island, only to end up stranded again. A final 1981 film features the Harlem Globetrotters visiting a resort the castaways set up on the island after being rescued

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WeMX TIL that at the start of the infamous ‘Ice Bowl’ game, the referee tried to blow his whistle, but it froze to his lips. When he tried to pry the whistle off, he tore the skin off and he started to bleed. Instead of forming a scab, the blood simply froze to his lips.
j64wn TIL about the gyro monorail a form of rail transport that ran on only 1 set of wheels and ran on a single line of railway track.It stayed upright using a gyroscope and could even bank on turns. It never made it past the prototype stage due to the costs of needing a gyroscope in every car in a train.
9dmD TIL The first time the beatles took acid, it was given to them by their dentist, without their knowledge or consent
y99a TIL a Russian mathematician solved a 100 year old math problem; he declined the Fields medal, $1 million in awards, and later retired from math because he hated the recognition the math community gives to people who prove things.
nWyXd TIL Hearthstone has no concept of INFINITY and has introduced a card that gives infinite life steal, increase cost, and minion spawn. Making it literally impossible to counter it that play. Which is baffling because it's a card game that heavily relies on math.