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TIL - There is a town in rural NSW Australia called, wait for it, Cumbooglecumbang

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6kKw TIL of Melvin Milligan, who in 2000, used the regular mail to send in his winning jackpot ticket and claim a $46 million prize. He did not use certified or insured mail. When asked to comment on this decision at his news conference, he stated “I have faith in the postal service.”
4knpb TIL that while filming The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger went into a LA restaurant in battle-damaged Terminator makeup. He asked for a table in character and since no one knew who the Terminator was yet, the host and everyone in the restaurant started freaking out, screaming, and quickly left
QxoX TIL in 1884 there were four men stranded on a lifeboat without food or water. After 20 days, two of the men decided to kill and eat the weakest. Four days later, the men were picked up and rescued. The two men that killed and ate their crew member were later charged and found guilty of murder.
dB67 TIL Scientists performed a successful head/brain transplant on a monkey, and when the monkey woke up, he tried to bite off the finger of an attending doctor, and everyone cheered.
Y7JmB TIL that everything from the ice hockey Stanley Cup, Port Stanley in the Falklands, Brisbane's Stanley county and Liverpool's Stanley Dock and Park are all named after one father and son.