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TIL that the US Coast Guard would receive telegrams from concerned citizens, who didn’t realize Gilligan’s Island was a scripted show, asking for them to rescue the castaways

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d8xmd TIL of the Lake Peigneur disaster in which an oil drill in a lake accidentally struck a salt mine, causing the entire lake to drain into the mine taking barges and an entire island with it.
nW547 TIL that there were only 4 times a US vice president assumed temporary presidential powers as acting president, and each time was due to the president having a colonoscopy.
8akgG TIL Individuals who are sleep deprived may eat up to more than 500 additional calories, compared to someone getting enough sleep
4GVN TIL a Bronze Age burial site about 5 miles from Stonehenge was discovered by a badger.
GY7y7 TIL: In 1674, the Women's Petition Against Coffee was filed on the grounds that coffee made men impotent, gossipy & 'Frenchified'.