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TIL Patton's solution to Hawaiian lava flows in the 40s-50s was to bomb them

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Zp4xR TIL The hysteria around Lionel Messi joining Inter Miami means that he has his own personal bodyguard team of 50 people. It is headed up by Yasmine Cheuko who was recommended by David Beckham and follows Messi everywhere, even patrolling the touchline during games.
wonR1 TIL that Nicolas Cage was once awoken by a naked man eating a Fudgesicle
b69N7 TIL in 1899, the Mississippi River froze over near Cairo, Illinois, and icebergs broke loose and continued to float downriver through New Orleans before reaching the Gulf of Mexico.
4X7L5 TIL The Horror film "Unfriended", on the theme of cyberbullying is told almost entirely through a screencast of a MacBook. Production was 16 days total and at least one full, 80-minute-long take was filmed, with each actor in separate rooms with separate computers
KlNQ TIL that the NFL trademarked the term “Super Bowl”. As a result, many events and promotions tied to the game are forced to refer to it as “The Big Game” or other descriptions.