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d8wlr TIL that the grandfather of Welsh football player Harry Wilson, bet £50 when Harry was 18 months he would play for the Welsh National Team. He made £125,000 when Harry made his senior international debut at 16.
0KwL TIL that if whatever dish you’re microwaving gets hotter than the food/drink you’re microwaving, it is not microwave safe.
awMOA TIL in 1927, a 12-year-old boy rode along with stunt pilot Doug Davis, throwing Baby Ruth candy bars down over a racetrack as part of a promotion. The boy loved the experience, and would grow up to be a pilot… of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
m1PBo TIL Sylvester Stallone originally had the lead role In Beverly Hills Cop. Stallone wanted a big budget action movie but they changed it to a comedy action film instead to save money and cast Eddie Murphy instead.
J1bAl TIL in 1951, Clint Eastwood was on a military plane when its oxygen, navigation, and communications systems failed. As the fuel ran out, they crashed into the ocean off Point Reyes. Eastwood and the pilot survived, rowing through the dark on a life raft to a lighthouse, and were rescued.