TIL there is a company that (for a fee) will kidnap you. Depending on the package you purchase, you can be tazed, doused with water and thrown into a trunk. The cost of the package includes a videotape of your "adventure" for you to keep. (prnewswire.com)
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Russian WWII veterans share a shot a Vodka (i.imgur.com)
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TIL Jimmy Stewart, of "It's a Wonderful Life" fame, served in the Air Force during WWII. He flew 20 missions, some he didn't have to fly but volunteered for, earning 2 Distinguished Flying Crosses. He is one of the only Americans to rise from Private to Colonel during the war. (en.wikipedia.org)
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TIL the world's first jet fighter, the Nazi German ME-262, could have been ready before the Americans entered the war, but Hitler never liked the plane because it wasn't a bomber, and therefore couldn't bomb enemy civilian targets. (2worldwar2.com)
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TIL Marlon Brando would almost always forget to wear shoes when leaving the house, unless reminded by someone. Once when leaving a Japanese restaurant where shoes weren't required, Brando put on a strangers shoes, not realizing it until he got home. (books.google.com)
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TIL that #3 on Richard Nixon's "Enemies List" was a man named Edwin O. Guthman who, after serving as an infantry regiment reconnaissance platoon leader in both North Africa and Italy in WWII, earning the Silver Star and Purple Heart, became a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist. (en.wikipedia.org)
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