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TIL that in 2006 Werner Herzog stumbled upon a rolled car. He pulled a confused man out of the wreck after he tried to light a cigarette when there was a fuel leak. That man was Joaquín Phoenix

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rpGW TIL that in 1974 an Army Private stole a helicopter from his base, landed on the White House lawn before taking off again in a high speed helicopter chase (forcing one Police chopper to land), he was shot down only after returning to the White House. He received a year in prison and small fine.
neEPr TIL female psychopaths appear to be more prone to promiscuity than male psychopaths, and while they.prefer to date non-psychopathic men in the short-term, for long-term relationships they tend to look for a fellow psychopath.
Eg1bw TIL The Wright Brothers only flew together on the same flight one time, a six-minute flight on May 25th, 1910. They promised their father, Milton, they would never fly together to avoid the chance of a double tragedy and to ensure one brother would remain to continue their flight experiments.
nWp9b TIL women who had their last kid after 33 had double the chance of living to 95 or older as opposed to those who had their last one by 29. According to a 2020 study, women who gave birth after 40 were four times more likely to live to be a 100 years old.
5OVP TIL that the Thomas Jefferson quote “A government big enough to give you everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have” was never uttered by Jefferson. It was first said by Gerald Ford.