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TIL that in 2017, after an explosion aboard a Slovenian cargo ship, pararescuemen from the New York Air National Guard parachuted into the ocean 1,500 miles off coast in the middle of the night to reach the vessel and saved the lives of two badly injured crew members

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XYXE TIL the American and UK versions of the comic strip Dennis the Menace were both released on the same week in March 1951. Both share the same title, a trouble loving boy in a striped shirt, and a sidekick dog. Neither of the creators of either comic strip knew that the other was being created.
6EeYJ TIL that Oliver North solicited $10,000,000 from the Sultan of Brunei as a way around US rules on funding Contras in Nicaragua. The money never went to them, but to a Swiss businessman instead because North entered the wrong bank account number.
WkNp4 TIL On the Island of Dr. Moreau, Marlon Brando was fed lines through an earpiece which suffered interference from police radios causing him to yell "There's a robbery at Woolworth's!"
yQpG8 TIL Cheerios dollars are a variety of the 2000-P Sacagawea Dollar coin (only 5,500 minted) with boldy detailed tail feathers on the eagle on the reverse of the coin. They were randomly given as prizes in Cheerios cereal boxes. Today, they typically sell for $5,000-25,000 depending on their grade.
Go7E TIL a man called “Paz” snuck into Paris Hilton’s 30th birthday party, stole her $3200 red velvet cake, and gave it away to the homeless of Los Angeles.