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TIL Sublime’s debut album "40oz. to Freedom" was recorded in secrecy at the studios in California State University.

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l7OxN TIL Much of Canada's National Parks were built by suspected enemies of state, conscientious objectors, and the jobless. In 1943, 440 German POWs were brought to Riding Mountain National Park where they captured a bear and made it the camp mascot.
46ww TIL evidence shows that the space shuttle Challenger’s crew survived the explosion and could have been conscious until the crew cabin hit the ocean. 4 of 5 recovered crew air packs had been activated and pilot switches that could only have been moved manually by a person were moved.
pYNBZ TIL that when a man named Reginald Francis Cheese enlisted in the British army during World War I, he used the surname "Cleese" because he found his real surname embarrassing. He officially changed his surname to Cleese in 1923, and went on to become the father of the famous comedian John Cleese.
J1NNv TIL about Ötzi the Iceman, a remarkably well-preserved natural mummy from around 3300 BCE found in the Alps. Discovered in 1991, Ötzi is from Copper Age and had tattoos carried a copper axe, last meal was deer and grains. And still has relatives in Europe!
NXaoQ TIL: Eight Chinese men were on board the Titanic. Six survived the sinking, but when they arrived in New York they were deported within 24 hours because of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Their story was largely erased from history until recently rediscovered.