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TIL Sigourney Weaver actually made that ‘impossible’ basketball shot in Aliens: Resurrection.

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D1JVY TIL that there is an island called Pheasant Island and it's owned by two countries. For the first six months of the year it belongs to Spain and for the other six to France.
Mey9m TIL Nazis kidnapped “Aryan-looking” children from across Europe and brought them back to Germany for indoctrination.
Xjkr TIL Alan Funt, creator of “Candid Camera”, was on an airplane with his family that was hijacked. All of the passengers recognized Alan Funt, and thought it was a skit. No one took the hijacking seriously, until the plane was diverted and actually landed in Cuba.
Vl6Z TIL there’s a time-honored tradition of allowing brewery employees all the free beer they wish while working: It’s called Der Sternewirth
0ZA5 TIL after Fidel Castro’s health was reported to be “almost recovered”, President Bush said, “One day the Lord will take Castro away.” In response, Castro: “Now I understand why I survived Bush’s plans and the plans of other presidents who ordered my assassination: the Lord protected me.”