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TIL there is a Lieutenant Columbo statue in Budapest.

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yVKQw TIL Jean-Pierre Blanchard had to complete the first English Channel crossing by air without his pants as he tossed them out to mid-journey to lower the weight.
69mvQ TIL about Abebe Bikila. The first Ethiopian Olympic gold medalist, he won gold in the marathon at the 1960 Olympics while running barefoot, and again in 1964, making him the first athlete to successfully defend an Olympic marathon title. In 1969, he was paralysed and never walked again
EGDX TIL that in Hannibal the novel, Clarice and Dr. Lecter escape together and become lovers in Argentina. (And Hopkins liked the ending better)
XEPy8 TIL that in WWII, Gillette created covert kits for POWs that contained Gillette grooming items, but also other secret supplies like razor-blade compasses, counterfeit German currency, and maps of enemy territory.
rNwoM TIL of Operation Starvation, a March 1945 aerial mining campaign against Japan that was more effective against naval shipping than all other campaigns (including submarines) combined.