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TIL that in France, the movie "Cool Runnings" about the first Jamaican bobsled team is called "Rasta Rockett."

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xgXo TIL Alexander Graham Bell developed the metal detector as a last ditch effort to locate a bullet lodged in the chest of American President James Garfield in 1881; the attempt was unsuccessful because the metal coil spring bed Garfield was lying on confused the detector.
4kvoo Today I learned of Eben Byers, 1920s industrialist and amateur golf champion who died of "generalized cancer" after drinking 1,400 doses of a quack remedy containing radium. At the end of his life, "holes were actually forming in his skull".
x6AQ5 TIL in 2022 when the pilot of a single-engine Cessna became incapacitated, an air traffic controller (who was also a certified flight instructor) helped a passenger on that plane who had no flying experience (but who had watched pilots before) successfully pilot the aircraft for 8 miles & land it.
enQL TIL after the Battle of Hastings, King Harold’s body was identified by the tattoo above his heart which read ‘Edith and England’
MeZD0 TIL that rock legend Elvis Presley liked to play racquetball. He liked it so much that he spent $200,000 to build a court in his home. After he died, his glove was sold at an auction for $5,000.