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Today I learned that “Boner” from Growing Pains was the son of the actor that played “Checkov” from Star Trek

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xVy6b TIL, so much buried treasure is found in the UK that they need specific laws regarding finds. Any discovered treasure must first be offered to UK museums at a price set by the independent Treasure Valuation Committee. Only if no museums want the find can the treasure be privately sold or kept.
KOAM9 TIL that in 1968, four submarines sank mysteriously. An Israeli sub disappeared in January - four days later, a French sub went missing and was never seen again. In March a Soviet sub exploded and sank, and in May a US sub also exploded and sank - both causes remain officially unknown.
KOy0R TIL: The reason none of The Beatles had mustaches then all of them had mustaches was because Paul badly split his lip and chipped a tooth in a moped accident. He grew the mustache to cover it up and the rest of lads joined him in solidarity.
N4R6 TIL Hemingway underwent shock therapy to treat his manic depression (bi-polar disorder). The treatment obliterated his memory, which made it impossible for him to write. This was the catalyst that sparked his desire to commit suicide.
0wkKM TIL of the Karaite Jews, an ancient sect hailing from Turkic countries. In 1934, members of the Karaite community asked the Nazis to exempt Karaites from the anti-Semitic laws based on their legal status as Russians, sparing them from the horrors of the Holocaust, despite them being fully Jewish