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TIL in the movie Full Metal Jacket, the actor that played Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey) came up with 150 pages of insults on his own. Also the actor that originally was playing the role couldn't yell more than 30 minutes, but when Ermey stepped in and took over, his energy never let up.

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0dbG5 TIL while sailing in the Vendée Globe (a solo around-the-world race), Tony Bullimore ran into winds in the Southern Ocean that reached 100mph, capsizing his boat. He managed to find an air pocket in the upside-down vessel in pitch darkness & survived there for 4 days with only a chocolate bar to eat
7kVP TIL that an estonian guy built an amphibious car from Toyota Land Cruiser and is trying to circumnavigate the globe with it. He recently got into trouble near Cape Verde but still tries to continue his trip.
ANYmg TIL the entire Oregon coast is public land
OoRDg TIL Daylight-saving time is a killer. By pushing the clocks forward one hour each spring, every year on the Monday after the switch, hospitals report a 24% spike in heart-attack visits. In the autumn when we gain an hour of sleep there's a 21% reduction.
YDLP TIL The Barrymore family is an acting dynasty; Drew Barrymore is a 4th generation actor and their family even has a historical marker in Philadelphia