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TIL that the pirate that gets thrown into the Boo Box in Hook was Glenn Close.

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D1jvV TIL of Katya the Bear who was a brown bear native to Kazakhstan who was imprisoned in 2004 after being found guilty of mauling two people. Katya was held in an adult prison. The bear was released from imprisonment and allowed to congregate with other bears after serving a fifteen-year sentence.
PgdZ TIL that the white suicide rate is almost as high as the black homicide rate. Also, the black suicide rate is far lower.
X0kWX TIL: SS Christopher Columbus, the only 'Whaleback' ship ever built for passenger service, carried more passengers in her 40-year career than any other ship on the Great Lakes.
glyy TIL of Philippe Servaty, a Belgian journalist who photographed himself having sex with over 80 girls in Morocco; he had promised to take them to Europe, but then he ditched them and published the photos online.
8aVmK TIL about Alien Hand Syndrome, a condition in which a person loses conscious control of one of their hands, and it seemingly acts as if it has a mind of its own. There is no known cure, although symptoms can be managed to some degree by keeping the alien hand occupied with something to play with.