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TIL: The airplane crash in Breaking Bad (ABQ) was inspired by a crash from 1986, the real controller’s name was Walter White

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Z6RY TIL that Tupac Shakur’s godmother was convicted of killing a police officer, escaped prison, and soon fled to Cuba where she has been living since 1979.
aw0D9 TIL Katie Holmes’ divorce from Tom Cruise has a clause that states that she can’t officially “date” someone until 2017
yQ0Zp TIL An American teen-ager survived for nearly four months without a heart, kept alive by a custom-built artificial blood-pumping device until she was able to have a heart transplant. She essentially lived for 118 days without a heart, with her circulation supported only by the two blood pumps.
b9Pe7 TIL Of Sputnik Monroe A Pro Wrestler Who Was A Major Factor In Ending Seregation In Tennessee. He Was Often Arrested For Anti Seregation Actions And Would Hire Black Attorneys To Defend Him, Earning Him Lots Of Black Fans.
AmmB TIL of Tony Stein. On the first day if the assault on Iwo Jima, Stein cleared multiple enemy pillboxes using his custom M1919 machine gun named “Stinger.” During the assault he made a total of 8 trips back to the beach to reload on ammunition and carried a wounded soldier on his back each trip.