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TIL In 1997, five million Lego pieces fell off a cargo ship along the coasts of England. Ironically, many of these pieces were themed around sea creatures, this is the worst toy-related environmental disaster of all time, and beachcombers still uncover the shipwrecked plastic treasures today.

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ByW TIL actor Vin Diesel has been a devoted Dungeons & Dragons player for over 20 years.
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QkYe TIL Singer/Songwriter Neil Young accidentally gave a group of children a case of poison oak at his annual birthday celebration by having the children roast marshmallows on the poisonous tree’s branches (which he had gathered himself).
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DQ0be TIL - After the USS White Sands was decommissioned in 1974, a company then bought it and had to move the ship with an 81' beam through the 80'-wide Ballard Locks. It was done by weighing down one side of the ship and then transiting the locks while tilted 38 degrees, at high tide.