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TIL about Juliane Koepcke. At age 17 she spent 11 days alone in the Amazon rainforest after her plane broke apart & scattered the passengers. She knew how to give first aid & survive in the wilderness because she'd been homeschooled in a rural area, so unlike the others she survived her journey out.

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nn8P TIl Politicians in the US gov spend $50,000 (each) of taxpayer’s money on self portrait oil paintings.
DMpe TIL that Gene Wilder considers Tim Burton’s Willy Wonka/Charlie and the Chocolate Factory remake to be an insult from Warner Brothers
WKN8 TIL The Space Needles center of gravity is at 5 ft from the ground.
1dlX TIL Snoop Dogg Says the only person that has “out-smoked” him is Willie Nelson, saying, “that’s the only person that’s ever smoked me under the table.”
69QoQ TIL about the only double barrel cannon in the world. When it was its first tested during the American Civil War, the chain snapped immediately and one ball tore into a nearby cabin, knocking down its chimney; the other spun off erratically and struck a nearby cow, killing it instantly.