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TIL Steve McQueen’s infidelity saved his life. He was supposed to attend the dinner party where the Manson family murdered Sharon Tate and others, but skipped it after he “ran into a chickie”.

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XEg1j TIL of the sport of Extreme Ironing. Exponents take ironing boards to extreme locations and iron garments there. Performances have taken place while doing activities such as skiing, surfboarding, diving and marathon running. Two extreme ironers ironed a Union Jack above Everest base camp in 2003.
l5p1 TIL that William Whipple freed his slaves when he signed the Declaration of Independance, because he believed that he could not fight for freedom and own slaves
nWdDP TIL the meaning of Kraftwerk's song "Radioactivity" has evolved since debuting in 1976: it started as an observation of radioactivity being "in the air for you and me", then by 1992, had become an anti-nuclear protest with new lyrics. By 2012, "Fukushima" was added to the list of named disasters.
D59j TIL that as a child, Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped in a Comanche raid. 24 years later, she’d married a chief and had three children, including Quanah Parker the last free Comanche chief. She was “rescued” by Texas Rangers at 34 and spent 10 years trying to escape before starving herself to death.
OonQ6 TIL a pigeon named, Cher Ami was awarded the Croix de Guerre Medal for her heroic service in delivering 12 important messages during WWI. Most importantly, the message from a trapped 194 man battalion. Arriving with a shot through the breast, blinded in one eye, and her leg hanging by a tendon.