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TIL that during his time undercover as Donnie Brasco, Joseph Pistone was asked to do four hits. At least once, the FBI had to stage a murder when it was too risky for him to try and get out of doing it.

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vP8dD TIL the final line of Willy Wonka was originally written as Grandpa Joe yelling, 'Yippee!' The director hated it so much, he phoned up the screenwriter who was vacationing at a remote cabin in the woods and forced him to come up with a better line right on the spot as they were filming the ending.
PZYe TIL of Poon Lim, a chinese sailor who survived for 133 days alone in the South Atlantic, using methods such as capturing a shark and drinking the blood from it’s liver to survive.
d8YY8 TIL Morocco was once a haven for gay Americans and Europeans who wanted to bang inside buildings or dungeons. As back then the society was full of paradoxes, people were able to be free.
d8ZRE TIL of Taylor Guitars who purchased the last remaining liberty tree after it fell from Hurricane Floyd and made some 400 special edition guitars from the wood. They also raised 14 seedlings from the tree and donated a tree to each of the original 13 colonies and one to the White House.
oBXBE TIL the rest of U2 were furious at Bono for spending too much time interacting with the crowd during their 1985 Live Aid set, forcing them to cut their hit "Pride (In the Name of Love)". To their surprise, that moment was considered the highpoint of the entire event, and it made them global stars.