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TIL that schizophrenics can tickle themselves

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xVoBo TIL that a church in Italy, destroyed by an earthquake in 1976, was rebuilt using most of its original cataloged stones that were placed in the exact same positions they were in before it fell.
awvRA TIL the famous car chase scene in "The French Connection" was shot illegally. legendary stunt driver Bill Hickman drove for 22 blocks at 95 mph through Queens with no permits coordination or planning
e0a85 TIL Nearly every time Paul Rudd has gone on Conan to promote a movie or show he plays a clip from "Mac and Me".
neDVd TIL there is speculation that Martín Alonso Pinzón, the captain of the Pinta in Christopher Columbus' fleet and a major financial backer of the expedition, had already been to the New World in a voyage with French navigator Jean Cousin in 1488.