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TIL A German u-boat was sunk by it's own toilet in WW2

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GYymQ TIL Home Alone was originally financed/produced by Warner Bros. When the budget grew from $13 million to $18 million and no confidence of success, WB dropped the film, which was then picked up by 20th Century Fox. The film grossed $476.7 million worldwide (of which $285.8 million were from America).
4rWo TIL the organisers of the 2012 London Olympics contacted The Who’s manager to ask if Keith Moon would play at the opening ceremony. He died in 1978.
oR1kr TIL: Up until 1993, women were excluded from clinical research and trials.
wojyY TIL during the Apollo Program, NASA had an escape system for launchpad emergencies that led down a literal water slide into an underground bunker called the "Rubber Room" that could shelter up to 20 people for 24 hours
K7ZB TIL Tom Petty escaped death as well as saved his wife and 5 year old daughter when an arsonist tried to set his house on fire. He later wrote “I Won’t Back Down” which was inspired by the experience.