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TIL The Walking Dead actor Norman Reedus once hit his head on set and was rushed to the hospital for stitches via ambulance. Being driven the way back by set staff - still under the influence of medication - he encountered a flipped 18-wheeler and pulled the unconscious driver out into safety.

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mxdZM TIL that during a NASA auction in 1976, an intern called G. George bought 218$ worth of film roll. It turns out that they were original videotape recordings of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Sotheby's has since resold it for about 1.8 million dollars.
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