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TIL that an entire lake was drained by accidentally drilling into an underground salt mine pulling full size container ships into the hole.

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J1jl1 TIL in 2018, a middle school in Dallas organized an event called “Breakfast with Dads,” but saw that not all of the students have fathers or father figures to attend the event with. So, they put up a post on Facebook seeking around 50 volunteers. On the day of the event, 600 men showed up to help.
BramW TIL Australian Don Ritchie talked at least 160 people out of committing suicide at Watson's Bay by offering them a cup of tea and someone to talk to. He was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for his efforts.
N7YmQ TIL that in 'Live And Let Die', in the scene where James Bond runs across the alligators, they used real alligators. Ross Kananga, the owner of the alligator farm, had to do multiple takes to get it right.
nel0W TIL: Jack Daniel, famous whiskey distiller, died due to complications from gangrene after kicking his safe when he couldn’t remember the combination.
rNp0o TIL that the kid who voiced Arthur in Disney’s 1963 film “The Sword in the Stone” went through puberty in the middle of production. The director then used his two sons to finish recording Arthur’s lines. In some scenes, vocal clips from all three actors are interspersed.