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TIL after two cast members of LOST were arrested for drunk driving, both their characters were killed off in an episode called "Two for the Road".

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81R8 TIL when Emperor Justinian II was dethroned, his nose was cut off and he was sent to live in Crimea. 10 years later, he returned to Constantinople with an entire Bulgar army of 15,000 men to retake the throne. He beheaded the two Emperors that ruled while he was absent, now wearing a golden nose.
oRP5o TIL: We know more about the surface of Mars that the deepest part of our oceans
ZpeXa TIL that the Haast's Eagle, the largest known eagle weighing 10-18kg with a wingspan of 2.5-3m, went extinct in the 15th century, 200 years after the Maori arrived. Their main prey was the Moa, a large flightless bird.
xVOZ0 TIL Michael Jordan wore two different sized shoes. Size 13 on the left and 13.5 on the right.
8aB0L TIL July 17, 1972 saw the first two women special agents enter service at the FBI. They were Susan Roley Malone, a former US Marine, and Joanne Pierce, a former nun.