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TIL Will Ferrell did a commercial for the Superbowl in 2012 for free. It aired in only one town in Nebraska.

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1aEaO TIL that the 1912 short "Saved from the Titanic" was made only 29 days after the sinking of the RMS Titanic and starred one of the survivors. It is now lost.
0w7vN TIL a 16 year old survived a five hour flight inside the landing gear of a jumbo jet from San Jose, California to Maui, Hawaii. He blacked out on takeoff and the plane went to 38,000ft meaning temperatures of 75-80 below zero and a lack of oxygen probably leading to "a state of suspended animation."
GYMRg TIL: Canadian's have never said "Aboot", It's just near impossible for non natives to accurately mock A vowel only canadians (and parts of the US midwest) can pronounce.
Wk5p9 TIL at the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781, the British were marching facing the French army, ignoring the Americans. Marquis de Lafayette, commander of the American Light Infantry brigade, ordered his band to play Yankee Doodle, and the British troops instantly turned to face U.S. soldiers.
lokW7 TIL that there is actually an “Old Zealand” that New Zealand is named for: It was the Dutch Maritime Province of Zeeland, located near modern Belgium.