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TIL George HW Bush narrowly avoided being eaten by cannibals after his plane was shot down in WW2...

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l709K TIL The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad as a tourist attraction in Dillsboro, North Carolina.
Oo7pg TIL that Italian Americans were not always considered white in America
DxJY TIL The Actor Who Played Crabbe In The Harry Potter Movies Is Currently In Jail For His Part In The London Riots In 2012
LkW4d TIL that some states grow so much zucchini, people can randomly find baskets or bags full of them in their back seats if they forget to lock their cars.
baPj TIL of the Haast Eagle which went extinct in the 1400’s, it was a bird that weighed 20-30 lbs, had a 10 ft wing span, and was one of the only birds capable of lifting a full grown human and was able to lift up to 500 lbs