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TIL in WW1 British engineers spent two years digging tunnels under German lines, using them to set off 19 massive explosions simultaneously

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8aXV4 TIL that Crocodile Dundee was inspired by Ron Ansell, an Australian buffalo hunter & crocodile poacher. He sued Paul Hogan for profits of the films, but lost & was bitter about it for the rest of his life. He was killed in a police shootout on 8/3/99.
QN8Da TIL Ringo Starr’s 1973 album “Ringo” is the only time all four Beatles appeared on the same album following their split.
GYY17 TIL in Las Vegas, it’s illegal to carry a fake or toy gun but not a real one.
0wLwv TIL that Scientology maintains its own prison where members are kept for years
wLbL7 TIL that the fourth-place through eighth-place finishers in an Olympic final event do not receive medals, but they do get paper “Olympic diplomas.”