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TIL that in 2006, the brakes failed on Joaquin Phoenix's car in Hollywood, and he flipped off the road. He was found by Werner Herzog, who stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette as gasoline leaked into the car cabin. Herzog broke the back windscreen, helped Phoenix out, and then went home.

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YlVr TIL A photo of a man stealing a wallet in a store was on the bottom of The Lewiston Tribune on December 14, 2007. Above it was an unrelated photo of a man painting a business. Readers noticed both men were wearing the same clothes. They were identified to be the same person leading to his arrest.
yQ4Mw TIL African gray parrots will help other members of their species in need, the first time such charitable behavior has been documented among birds.
nWdlr TIL about the Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962, where uncontrollable laughter spread among hundreds of people in Tanzania, leading to the temporary closure of schools and affecting entire communities.
8anMK TIL of Aardman Animations, a British animation studio based in Bristol. They are known for films using plasticine and clay animations, their most famous characters being Wallace and Gromit. They also did the animation for Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" music video
GAQVQ TIL two-time Oscar winner and legendary actor Marlon Brando (The Godfather, etc.), had a patent issued in his name between 2002 and 2004 at age 78-80....for what amounts to a "drumhead autotuner - a tunable drum for use with or without a drum stand"