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TIL on Nov 22, 1963 while watching TV reports of JFK's death, Annie Shapiro had a stroke and slipped into a coma. 29 years later she awoke in bed as a 79 year old grandmother still married to her husband. Her first words upon sitting up were "Turn on the television. I want to watch I Love Lucy"

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kOGG1 TIL that in April 1975, Major Buang Lee of the South Vietnamese Air Force became the first and only pilot to land a Cessna on an aircraft carrier, the USS Midway
KO7Xw TIL the United States made Laos the most-bombed country per capita in the world, dropping more than two million tons of ordnance (an average of one ton per citizen) on Laos during 580,000 bombing missions between 1964 and 1973.
gagD TIL actor Charles Durning, was in the first wave of troops to land on D-Day and the lone survivor of his unit, received eight stab wounds from a Nazi soldier, whom he killed with a rock in hand-to-hand combat, died 12/24 at age 89 [/r/tsis]
b96dQ TIL in a 1988 episode of "Alvin and the Chipmunks" called "The Wall", the Chipmunks play a concert at the Berlin Wall and see it crumbling down, only to awaken from a dream and say, "It was just a dream, but it doesn't have to be." 11 months later, the Berlin Wall came down in real life.
Y7R9W TIL a server received a lottery ticket as a tip, winning $10 Million. Subsequently, the man who gave her the ticket and even her coworkers sued for a portion. Following this, her ex-husband kidnapped her, leading to her shooting him. Her legal saga continued with a court battle against the IRS.