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TIL Tombstone, the 1993 movie about Wyatt Earp, had an actor in the cast named Wyatt Earp. He played Billy Claiborne

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D1vnJ TIL about Navy airmen Frank O'Flaherty and Bruno Gaido. They were captured by the Japanese during the battle of Midway. Only after the end of the war was it discovered that they were interrogated on board the destroyer Mikagumo, then had weights tied to them and were pushed overboard to their deaths
QRYk TIL one of the the bizarre effects of hypothermia is “Paradoxical Undressing” where the victim removes their clothes, speeding up heat loss.
OoVp6 TIL that prince Harry served in military for 10 years, became a captain and undertook 2 tours in Afghanistan.
N7dY6 TIL the “Underwear Bomber"plot failed because the bomber, Umar Abdulmutallab, wore the same underwear for two weeks straight and as a result the bomb’s fuse became "damp”
78oaX TIL Mitch Hedberg was found dead (overdose) in his hotel room March 30th 2005, but was announced on April 1st (monday), causing some fans to believe it was an april fools joke.