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TIL the cast of Glee has 207 Billboard Hot 100 hits

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lwg7 TIL of Sgt Earl Hale. While taking six SS officers prisoner, one slashed Hale’s throat. He survived and remained in the European Theater. Later, General Patton himself would berate him for being out of uniform until he produced a doctor’s note excusing him from wearing the required tie.
PYABO TIL that when French explorers thought they were the first Europeans to ever reach some historical Afghan caves in the 1930s, they were surprised to find a text inscribed on the wall saying: "if any fool this high samootch explore, Know Charles Masson has been here before"
j5ZE TIL snails can crawl over razorblades and other sharp surfaces without injury
M7JEb TIL In 2009, two French and British nuclear ballistic missile submarines collided by chance in the Atlantic Ocean. They were moving so slowly that they couldn't have detected each other just a few feet apart.
QJgAk TIL the founder of Dave's Killer Bread worked at his family's bakery as a kid and having suffered from depression and addiction committed crimes that led to a fifteen year sentence. He was released early and returned to the bakery to start his company. He now runs foundation called Second Chance.