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TIL in 1964 whilst a student, future astronaut Reinhard Furrer assisted in the escape of 57 East Berlin citizens via a tunnel under the Berlin Wall

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0dXjv TIL the spade-toothed whale, the rarest species of beaked whale, was only known from skull remains until two individuals were beached in New Zealand in 2012. It has never been seen alive.
dDK1j TIL When Ashlee Simpson got caught lip-syncing on SNL, she did an impromptu hoedown
e0mrk TIL that several significant inventions predated the wheel by thousands of years: sewing needles, woven cloth, rope, basket weaving, boats and even the flute.
e4e5 TIL sometimes over 90,000 condoms are used during the olympic games by athletes.
7r96r TIL that during the first week of move-in into the White House, the American president is asked to plan his or her funeral should his or her death occur in office.