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TIL Nicolas Cage Was Once Bailed Out Of Jail By Dog The Bounty Hunter

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rRYWd TIL Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., was the first African American astronaut. The project he worked on would go on to become the International Space Station. He died in the backseat of his plane while teaching a cadet how to fly 50 years ago this past Friday (December 8, 1967). He was 32 years old.
e0QLE TIL Kirsten Dunst made a video for a cover of 'Turning Japanese' in 2009
l7l01 TIL Until 2015 Florida had a prohibition era law on the books that prohibited the sale of beer and other malt liquors to containers that held either 32 ounces or fewer or 128 ounces or more. Any container between those, such as the 64 ounce growlers used by craft brewers, was banned.
xVZY7 TIL that in 1979 the Soviets tried to poison the Afghan president but it didn't work because he drank Coca-Cola, which carbonation diluted the poison.
69RYw TIL that in 1979, during a NHL game between the Rangers and the Bruins, a Rangers fan struck a Bruins player and stole his stick. As a result, almost all of the Bruins went into the stands to confront the fan and beat him up with his own shoe