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TIL a Nigerian ship's cook, Harrison Odjegba Okene, survived for 60 hours in a sunken tugboat, Jascon-4, that capsized on 26 May 2013 in heavy seas while it was stabilising an oil tanker at a Chevron platform in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean, about 32 km (20 mi) off the Nigerian coast

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rN054 TIL Eddie Redmayne spent six months preparing for his role as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, mastering his speech, mannerisms, and physical challenges. Hawking, moved by the portrayal, lent his real electronic voice to the film and even shed a tear at a screening.
yVXbX TIL the 9th of November is called Schicksalstag in Germany, because multiple historically very important events happened on that day such as the november revolution 1918, the Hitler Putsch in 1925, the Kristallnacht in 1938 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
YpWKP TIL Michael Dorn (Worf) is vegan
PGwE TIL that a single living vulture is valued at $11,000 based on the ecosystem services they provide by ridding the environment of carcasses that would otherwise spread diseases and cause economic consequences.
bKxN TIL that the small town of LaRue, OH is the smallest town to ever have a professional American Football team. The Oorang Indians were an all Native American team coached by Jim Thorpe and were also one of the first teams to incorporate a half-time show.