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TIL When Gordon Ramsay was filming in Iceland, he lost his footing and fell during a descent off an 85 ft cliff, landing in the icy water below. His film crew reported he was submerged for at least 45 seconds.

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GBr7 TIL that when West Germany wanted to give back-dated pay in 1964 to 350 Askaris who served in the German army during WWI, most no longer had proof of service. A banker asked each claimant to step forward and ordered them in German to perform the German manual of arms with a broom. Not one man failed
AN7E4 TIL when the 1991 Doors biopic was in development, John Travolta was one of the top picks to play Jim Morrison. Singer Bebe Buell recalled how she witnessed Travolta’s “unofficial” audition, and called it “mindblowing” how Travolta channeled Jim. The role later went to Val Kilmer.
kAEg TIL in Arizona, the Superstition Mountains is the home of the Apache Thunder God who cursed the land by killing anyone who travels the mountain trying to find his gold. Deaths began as early as the Spanish explorers in the 1500’s and up to this day. Some of the corpses were found decapitated.
d8joB TIL that mongoose were imported to Hawaii to control the rat population, not realizing that the two animals were on opposite sleep schedules (nocturnal/diurnal) and thus innefective.
JYvyB TIL that chlamidial cells are strange organisms closely related to blue-green algae that have DNA like bacteria but can only reproduce parasitically in foreign cells like a virus.