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TIL The Richest Athlete of All Time Did Nothing With His Wealth and Vanished Into History

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xVYyk TIL Not only did Jon Favreau direct the movie "Elf" but he also had 2 roles in the movies. He was the doctor (credited) and the voice actor of Mr. Narwhal (uncredited). He is most proud of his Narwhal role because that's the one that is on T-Shirts and Sweaters.
MelJW TIL that José Salvador Alvarenga, a Salvadoran fisherman was stranded at sea between 2012 and 2014. He survived mainly on a diet of raw fish, turtles, small birds, sharks and rainwater.
KYd8J TIL about a 16 year old art student who lost most of her fingers when she plunged her hands into a bucket of plaster until it set. The heat of the chemical reaction caused terrible burns when fellow students and teachers failed to remove the plaster with a hammer. The school was fined only £20,000.
590n TIL: The total length of all coastlines in Canada is roughly equivalent to five laps around planet Earth.
Do7J TIL people in Churchhill, Manitoba(Canada), never lock their car doors in case anyone has to escape polar bears.