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TIL: Morgan Freeman has suffered with paralysis in his left hand since he was left seriously injured in 2008 after his car flipped multiple times

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rpZW TIL a member of the Wu Tang Clan, Ol Dirty Bastard witnessed a car accident. He and a friend ran to the scene and helped lift a Ford Mustang—rescuing a 4 year old girl from the wreckage. Using a false name, he visited the girl in the hospital frequently until he was spotted by members of the media.
j6wdn TIL that Dean Martin, also known as "the King of Cool," bootlegged liquor, worked in a steel mill, served as a croupier in a speakeasy, and was a blackjack dealer, all before the age of 15. At 15, he turned to boxing. Out of his 12 matches, Martin said that he "won all but 11."
wollW TIL there was a DC character from the 80s who got his powers from cocaine. His only weakness was cocaine addiction.
0wlR TIL: As much as four percent of the sand on the beaches of Normandy consists of shrapnel left over from D-Day. (based off of samples taken from the beach, which reported at least 4% of the samples consisting of shrapnel. Page 5 has relevant data)
xVAR1 TIL that in Japan the song Every Breath You Take is called 見つめていたい (mitsumete-itai), meaning "I am staring at you"