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TIL A German pilot accidentally landed in Wales instead of France during WW2, was taken prisoner, then almost got shot by his guard in transport when the car hit a pothole

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6rPX TIL Prince used an image of Dave Chappelle dressed as him on the cover of his 2013 single, “Breakfast Can Wait.” When asked about it Chappelle said, “What am I going to do — sue him for using a picture of me dressed up like him? … That’s checkmate right there.”
va78 TIL - In a study, video gamers (WOW) were found to be more productive workers than non-gamers
w9xW TIL the last person Tupac spoke to was a police officer. The cop held a dying Tupac in his arms and the cop asked Tupac to tell him who shot him. Tupac looked at the cop and said “F**k you.” Those were Tupac’s last words.
BgveW TIL Sam White, a Virginia Civil War collector, was killed in 2008 when a 140 year old high explosive cannonball he was restoring detonated in his driveway. The explosion was powerful enough to send chunks of shrapnel up to 1/4 mile away. There were 18 more cannonballs in his driveway at the time.
a80M9 TIL that unharvested asparagus will keep growing into a large fern