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TIL the Goldman family was given legal ownership of OJ Simpson’s cancelled book “If I Did It.” They republished with a new cover hiding the word “If” so the title appeared to be “I Did It.”

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E1POd TIL The Martin-Baker company is the World's largest ejection seat manufacturer, supplying seats for 93 air forces, World wide. They claim to have saved 7567 lives
ydkw TIL John Henry’s famous race against the steam drill really did happen in 1870. He was able to win because the machine kept getting hung up and lost time.
p8rp8 TIL Former WWE wrestler Chris Masters "bear-hugged" a 3 meter (10 foot) tree and uprooted it to save his mother who was trapped inside her burning house.
KY0YE TIL about the real life Up story. Lawnchair Larry flew up 16,000 feet (4,900 m) in altitude on a lawn chair with 45 helium weather balloons attached.
k7a7 TIL in 1992 an inflatable bouncy castle took flight with 5 children inside. To save them, a 21 year-old man grabbed one of the trailing ropes, climbed up to the castle 15 metres in the air and pulled each child out, before losing his grip and falling through the canvas roof of a dodgems tent.