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TIL that just after shooting “The Goonies,” Richard Donner desperately needed a break and flew to his Hawaii home to get away. In response, Spielberg flew the cast to Hawaii, and Donner eventually came home to discover the child actors had emptied their luggage and were lounging on his furniture

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graY8 TIL 2 teens secretly scaled the Acropolis on 5/30/41 in Nazi-occupied Greece & stole the Nazi flag that was flying atop it. Their heroic act of defiance inspired Greeks to believe themselves capable of resisting the Nazis & their occupation of Greece. The teens were never caught & died of old age!
epRmD TIL: the highest ever recorded heat index ("feels like") temperature was in Dhahran Saudi Arabia on July 8, 2003: 178° F / 81.1° C. The actual temperature was 108° F (42° C) with a dew point of 95° F (35° C)
690oY TIL: In 2010 a Filipino mayor had giant statues of Mary and Jesus installed underwater to discourage the widespread use of cyanide and explosives for harvesting fish
gkJW TIL that every military working dog is always one rank higher than its handler so that mistreatment of the dog is considered assault on an officer of higher rank.
vPD0B TIL of Bess Myerson, who was the first Jewish Miss America. There was controversy about her win and three of the pageant's five sponsors withdrew from having her represent their companies as Miss America. She later became a politician