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TIL Mark Wahlberg had a cocaine addiction at the age of 13 and was convicted of attempted murder at the age of 16.

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neyXG TIL that Max Von Sydow provided the voice for 'Vigo the Carpathian', the possessed painting that served as the main antagonist in Ghostbusters II
Y5mG TIL in 1992 a Russian submarine attempted to surface, and ran directly into the bottom of the hull of an American submarine, who was spying on their ports.
NXA1J TIL of Guðlaugur Friðþórsson, a fisherman who in 1984 survived 6 hours in 5 °C cold water after his ship sank and then trekked barefoot for 3 hours across lava fields before reaching safety. Despite only wearing shirt, sweater and jeans, he showed almost no symptoms of hypothermia or vasodilatation.
4XaWo TIL Leonardo Da Vinci, a pacifist, invented an armored tank nearly 500 years ahead of its time, but included a fatal flaw in the design (the wheels only spun toward each other) so it could never be used in an actual battle.
loLLK TIL in 2012 a 80 yo lady safely landed a plane after her husband, the pilot, had an heart attack and died while flying. She had never flown before.