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TIL James Doohan (Star Trek’s original Scotty) helped a suicidal fan turn her life around by calling and asking her to attend a convention

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VKD8 TIL in 2007, there was a horrific accident in Tieling, China, where thirty tons of 1500°C molten steel spilled from a ladle and burst into an adjoining room filled with workers, killing 32. It was China’s most serious steel industry accident since 1949. Bodies had to be identified by DNA testing.
9Y1pQ TIL that earwigs have wings.
kLWE TIL In SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, the two German soldiers who were shot while surrendering durning the intro battle were actually speaking Czech. They were trying to explain that they were prisoners of war being forced to fight for the German army.
5YMe8 TIL the first photo of a black hole was taken in 1992
OG0vR TIL: Divers searching for a sunken World War II-era aircraft, instead came across a 15 by 15-foot section of the Challenger Space Shuttle 37 years after it exploded off the Florida coast. After the explosion, the salvage effort had recovered 47% of the shuttle.