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TIL that in 1996 Tom Cruise witnessed a hit and run accident. He stayed with the victim after calling 911 and ended up paying her medical bills when he learned she was uninsured.

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4Xdao TIL Mark Hamill only read for the role of Luke Skywalker after a recommendation from his close friend Robert Englund (Freddie Krueger)
epOR6 TIL Soviet officer Nikolai Kuznetsov, who spoke perfect German, penetrated German lines by posing as a German officer. He heard the first report of Operation Long Jump existing from a drunk SS officer (Nazi plan to kill/kidnap Stalin, Churchill & FDR at the Tehran conference). Soviets ended the plot
QBEL TIL In 1985, Burger King launched a viral ad campaign featuring ‘Herb the Nerd’, a mysterious man who had never eaten a Whopper in his life. People could get a 99 cent Whopper by saying “I’m Not Herb”, or if their name was Herb, “I’m not the Herb you’re looking for.”
5V9VR TIL that north of Castaic, CA, the northbound and southbound lanes of Interstate 5 cross over for approximately 5 miles making it one of the only places in America where you drive on the left.
Me5pb TIL that in 1838, Poe wrote a novel in which 4 stranded sailors survive for a while off a turtle, but finally kill one of their own, Richard Parker, and eat him. 46 years later, 4 stranded sailors, after surviving for many days off a turtle, eventually kill and eat one of their own, Richard Parker.