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TIL Sylvester Stallone broke his neck while filming a fight scene for The Expendables, which required the insertion of a metal plate

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b9A4E TIL at least 165 people survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in Japan during WWII.
E1JrV TIL that Ira Einhorn, a Harvard University teaching fellow and environmental activist who claimed to have been instrumental in organizing the first Earth Day, murdered his ex-girlfriend in 1977 before fleeing to France. By abusing various legal loopholes, he managed to escape prison until 2002.
pYReb TIL that Usain bolt went on a trial with Australian a league football club Central Coast Mariners in order to try and become a professional footballer
xXWg TIL that Thomas de Mahy last words before being guillotined were, ‘I see that you have made three spelling mistakes.’
wL7lM TIL that there’s a 4300 ft long by 160 ft high building in Fremont, Quebec that houses most of the inhabitants as well as restaurants, bars and stores.