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TIL that at age 21, Grimes built a boat to live in while floating down the Mississippi River

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m4Kp TIL during a shot for The Princess Bride, Cary Elwes told Christopher Guest to hit him for real with the handle of a sword and Guest complied. The result put Elwes in the hospital and where he got stitches.
a87o9 TIL that since 1976, the New York Yankees have maintained a strict appearance policy that states: “All players, coaches and male executives are forbidden to display any facial hair other than mustaches, and scalp hair may not be grown below the collar. Long sideburns and muttonchops are not banned.”
X00d8 TIL French secret service agents bombed the Greenpeace ship "Rainbow Warrior in order to stop Greenpeace from disrupting underwater nuclear testing in 1985.
Ypb0x TIL That it's not a crime to escape prison in Germany and Belgium, because they say freedom is a basic human right
8aGNL TIL Chicago Blackhawks called on a 36 year-old accountant and fan to serve as Emergency goalie after starter and backups were injured. He played in the third period and had 7 saves with a save percentage of 1.000