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TIL that even though both actors were in the same film (The Godfather Part 2), played in films with similar genres and are regarded as good friends since before their success, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino would not appear in the same scene together until starring in Heat in 1995.

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PBNn TIL Roman Emperor Caligula was told that he had “no more chance of becoming emperor than of riding a horse across the Bay of Baiae”. He then built a two-mile temporary floating bridge and walked his horse across.
4kXQg TIL that, on October 30, 1939, just under two months into World War II, a German U-boat submarine fired three torpedoes at the ship carrying soon-to-be Prime Minister Winston Churchill, but none of them exploded. Commander Wilhelm Zahn became known as "The Man Who Almost Killed Churchill".
69pW8 TIL that Sam Houston is the only person to have served as the governor of 2 U.S. states, with him serving as the 6th governor of Tennessee from 1827-1829, and as the 7th governor of Texas from 1859-1861.
d8W6d TIL about the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany, which was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. It's now known as the Great Carrier Reef.
WkEAX TIL in Mexico there's an adventure activity that simulates crossing the border into the USA, complete with fake border patrol and coyotes.