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TIL All of the beaches along the Oregon coast are owned by the state and are free and open to all

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N7Rbe TIL that John Leguizamo turned down the role of Tom Hanks' Lover In 'Philadelphia' so he could play Luigi in 'Super Mario Bros'
egab TIL that after Boromir had a dream urging him to seek Rivendell to the north, it took him a hundred and ten days to arrive, just barely making it in time for Elrond’s council. Tolkien wrote that the “courage and hardihood required was not fully recognized by the narrative”.
jGeE TIL In London from 1682 one could buy fire insurance: you attached a metal plate to their building ensuring that if there were a fire their insurance company would fight to extinguish it. If the building wasn’t insured the fire wasn’t put out unless it threatened to spread to an insured building.
xyRw TIL the U.S. Coast Guard occasionally received telegrams from concerned citizens, who apparently did not realize Gilligan’s Island was a scripted show, pleading for them to rescue the people on the deserted island.
88xb TIL Each year about 14,700 murders are committed the US, the murder solve rate is approximately 63%, that means around 5,400 people get away with murder EVERY year.