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TIL at the age of 41, Jack LaLanne swam from Alcatraz to shore handcuffed. He repeated the feat at 60, this time towing a 1000 pound boat while shackled.

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yQrPX TIL A Nintendo Attorney called John Kirby is the only man on earth allowed to name his sailboat Donkey Kong after winning a case against Universal over whether Donkey Kong was infringing copyright with King Kong. This case is considered to have saved Nintento during its growth in America.
nAEB TIL that the difference between a graveyard and a cemetery is that graveyards are adjacent to churches whereas cemeteries are not.
6Y1Z TIL an American Army Air Force officer deserted in Pakistan during WW II, hitched a ride to Italy, stole a P-38 plane, deserted with the plane to the Nazis and became an officer in the SS.
rKmo TIL Some people wear adult diapers to celebrate New Years at Time Square due to a lack of toilets.
vPdBL TIL an orangutan named Fu Manchu figured out how to escape his enclosure at a zoo by picking the lock on a door. He did it repeatedly for weeks as zoo staff was stumped about how and tried every measure to prevent it only to finally catch Fu Manchu in the act using a piece of wire he kept hidden.