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TIL that the founder of Marvel Comics very nearly died in the infamous "Hindenburg" disaster. While on their honeymoon in Europe, he and his wife bought tickets for the zeppelin's ill-fated trip to New York, but they decided to book a plane flight because they couldn't get two seats together.

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x8pw TIL that in 2007 NFL player Braylon Edwards promised 100 Cleveland public high school students that if they kept a 2.5 and performed 15 hours of community service he would pay for their college. They did, and Braylon Edwards kept his word. He spent approximately a million dollars.
oR9ME TIL Jews began arriving to Jamaica in the 1490s. By the 1700s they formed 18% of the capital's population and worshipped openly at both Sephardic and Ashkenazi synagogues. In the 1830s, they became full citizens of the nation - before many Jewish communities in Europe...
yryJ TIL for the Star Wars: Episode V, Lucas paid a fine and resigned from the Directors Guild rather than obey its demand that he begin with conventional opening credits.
8adaX TIL because Tarzan wears only a loincloth, the Disney animators working on the character had to study animal and human musculature to animate him, making him the first Disney character to actually be animated with working muscles.
QJ9m6 TIL about Mexico's informal rehabilitation centers, were "kidnapping teams" are dispatched with the help of family members to abduct addicts and take them to private rehabilitation centers. Many patients are held against their will, suffer both physical and mental torture, and suicides are common.