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TIL Ireland’s Prime Minister Paid Official Condolences for Hitler Only Two Days After His Suicide

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WxaY TIL Cliff Young, 61 year old Australian farmer took part in world’s toughest ultramarathon (875km from Sydney to Melbourne). He won by almost 2 days, because unlike other runners he didn’t stop to sleep.
VB9JD TIL in 2008 a NY man discovered a 7-inch knife had been baked into the bread of his foot-long sandwich from Subway. He realized something was amiss after tasting the bizarre flavor of the melted knife handle infused into the bread. Although he sued Subway for $1 million, he walked away with $20,000.
e0QY6 TIL Pat Morita was originally denied the opportunity to audition for the role of Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid and only got the part because he grew his hair and beard out during a low point in his life and the producers didn't recognize him when he he was accidentally invited for a script reading.
gV84 TIL that George Lucas was heavily influenced by Canadian avant-garde filmmakers and borrowed the idea for The Force from the film 21-87 by director Arthur Lipsett (and the # of Leia’s holding cell on the Death Star was…. 2187)
15k7 TIL there is a legendary hobo rockclimber known as ‘Chongo’ who, while illegally living inside Yosemite National Park almost a decade, made a life by scavenging food, ascending sheer rock faces and writing a book called “The Homeless Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics”.