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kMde TIL when a plane crashed on Rikers Island in 1957, prisoners were released from the prison building to help pull people from the wreckage. Some had their sentences commuted or reduced for acts of heroism during the incident.
1agRX TIL in 2003 a herd of wild elephants released a group of captive antelopes from a game reserve in Southeast Africa. The matriarch of the herd undid all of the gate's metal latches with her trunk & then pushed it open. The antelope took their chance & ran into the bush followed by the elephants.
MeYLm TIL Daniel Craig has an uncredited cameo appearance as a stormtrooper in 2015's The Force Awakens.
E7g0 TIL that Psychological research shows that roughhousing is important to childhood development. It teaches communications skills, rule negotiation, and how to communicate verbally and non verbally. In reality, children not allowed to horseplay are more likely to be more violent later in life.
5Yglp TIL Coffee does not dehydrate you and likely hydrates instead