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TIL: Debbie Harry & Andy Kaufman starred in a Broadway play about wrestling; closed after 1st night

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k7E7 TIL one in six Brits would have sex with a robot
QNoZL TIL in 1970 in Florence, Oregon, authorities attempted to blow up an 8-ton beached whale with half a ton of dynamite. The resulting explosion showered the town of Florence with flying blubber and a falling chunk crushed a car.
negWB TIL most maps distort the size of many countries. Greenland and South America tend to look roughly the same size even though South America is 8.2 times larger. Canada is also smaller than the typical representation, and South Africa much larger.
9LjG TIL Henry Johnson, a WWI veteran, saved his friend from over 20 German soldiers by himself by using his rifle as a club and then proceeding to attack the rest with his bolo knife.
Br5eK TIL Germany built one aircraft carrier during ww2 which was discovered in 2006 260 feet below sea level