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TIL of Dawn Wells, the first woman to wear short shorts on television as she played Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island

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nVL9 TIL that pro-wrestler John Cena has granted 400 wishes for the Make-a-Wish foundation, becoming the first celebrity to do so.
neXAP TIL 1981 Cadillac Eldorados were fitted with a metal plate under the driver's seat to fix a balancing problem. This saved mob associate Frank Rosenthal's life when the plate shielded him from the force of a car bomb exploding under his Eldorado.
oZa7 TIL that despite later becoming an icon of the south, the confederate flag was never the national flag of the Confederate States of America
EYkP TIL The company “Internet Eyes” provides live stream CCTV footage from stores in England so its online users can report shop-lifting for cash reward.
pYZZ8 TIL that only 48 people were rescued out of 212 cruise ship overboard incidents from 2009 to 2019.