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TIL that during the filming of "The Beach" in Thailand, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tilda Swinton were forced to swim in the sea when their boat sank due to sudden storm. DiCaprio and Swinton and crew members spent half an hour swimming at sea before rescuers arrived.

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nvkd TIL that cop-killer Philip Workman declined a last meal, instead requesting that a large vegetarian pizza be given to a homeless person in Nashville. His request was denied, but in response, people all over the state donated pizzas to homeless shelters.
xV70 TIL When it opened in 1967, Pirates of the Caribbean used real human skeletons as props.
epAE4 TIL that George Harrison visited his sister in a small U.S. town in 1963. At the time, he was famous in England, but unknown in the U.S.
e06eb TIL that Shakespeare used cocaine and marijuana. Researchers at a forensic lab examined 24 clay pipes excavated from the Bard's garden and found traces of cannabis in 9 of them, while 2 tested for cocaine. Surprisingly, nicotine was only found in one of the artifacts.
R7Goa TIL that a species of Australian Nocturnal Ground Parrots thought to be extinct for 100 years were found by one man after 15 years of searching. His search began when he found one feather of this bird on a truck and traced it back to the farm of an Old Indigenous Gentleman.