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TIL that many pirates in the early 1700’s in the Caribbean were escaped African slaves. By some accounts, 70 served with the famous Blackbeard

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W7Ydd TIL: A 104-year-old British biscuit that explorer Ernest Shackleton gave to a starving companion sold at auction for £1,250. Years before, a biscuit from another Shackleton expedition sold for £7,637, even though just several crumbs remained.
0jgy TIL During a 1978 Monday Night Football game, to fill dead air, Howard Cosell commented on a delicious new snack he was eating, thus stadium nachos went mainstream.
R7n59 TIL that Keanu Reeves trained for four months in karate for The Matrix. Later, he learned over 200 martial arts moves for Matrix Reloaded. He also learned Judo and Jujitso for John Wick.
VBMy0 TIL that Ferdinand Marcos Sr. had a family with 4 children before marrying Imelda Marcos.
ovbR TIL Scientists are currently working on a substance that could give anybody the Spiderman ability of walking up walls and ceilings.