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TIL that the 2014 WW2 Tank movie "Fury" (starring Brad Pitt) was the first time in almost 70 years that an authentic German Tiger 1 tank was used in a feature film.

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JYkW8 TIL members of the Heaven's Gate cult were carrying $5.75 in their pockets at the time of their mass suicide in 1997 in reference to the fare to get to heaven on the tail of a comet in Mark Twain’s short story Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven.
9jl6 TIL After being pulled from his car after having a serious accident, Sam Kinison had a conversation with a person nobody else could see, saying “I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die.”, he paused, then asked “But why?”. After another pause, his friend heard him clearly say: “Okay, okay, okay.”
4kKLo TIL that one of the oldest recorded desserts in history is fruitcake, which dates back to ancient Egypt around 3000 BC.
R5WVl TIL that a 35-Year Old Japanese Man, Watanabe Ryuta, has 4 Wives, 2 Girlfriends, and 3 Children. He said that he plans to break the record of having the most children in Japan, which is 53. He also stated that he has already decided who his "Fifth Wife" will be.
7rx6P TIL foxes utilize the earth's magnetic field as a targeting system to find prey