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TIL that there is a sport called Extreme Ironing, in which people take ironing boards to remote locations and iron items of clothing.

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jxRp TIL that squirrels have an average lifespan of 25 years.
woEQY TIL that Paul Bearer the manager of WWE wrestler The Undertaker, had an actual degree in mortuary science.
l78Qa TIL when it was deemed impossible to shoot the tanker fight in The Spy Who Loved Me on an actual supertanker and no other soundstage would fit the set, Albert R Broccoli commissioned the 007 Stage, the biggest in the world at the time.
W7vp4 TIL that when Indonesia’s Mount Tambora erupted, humanity was swept into a period of global erratic temperatures that gave way to the name “The Year without Summer.” This also inspired Mary Shelley to write “Frankenstein.”
0w6dy TIL Robin Williams wrote a letter to a Toronto high school principal, asking he reconsider expelling Lisa Jakub--gone due to movie filming. The principal did not honor William's request, but was quick to frame and display letter in his office, excited a celebrity had paid him any attention.