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TIL during the filming of Borat, the police were called 91 times.

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Z8JeB TIL There was a second Fukushima nuclear power plant (Fukushima Daini), 10km to the south, that suffered the same crippling tsunami damage but was saved from meltdown by a capable leader and heroic staff.
5YJMk TIL that Ebbie Tolbert was born around 1807 and spent over 50 years as a slave. She got her freedom at the age of 56. She also lived long enough so that at age 113 she could walk to the St Louis polling station and registered to vote.
GAX95 TIL During WW2, the American military went from 2,500 planes to over 300,000 aircraft used by the end of the war
4kJEa TIL that MLB awards solid gold lifetime passes to players, execs, and even some celebrities, granting them free entry to any Major League Baseball game—for life.
jNQEX TIL Dorothea Lange, famous depression era photographer, documented the internment of Japanese-Americans in 1942. The unflattering photos were quietly deposited into the National Archives, where they remained largely unseen until 2006.