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TIL a man survived a 324 foot fall through San Francisco's Transamerica Pyramid despite landing on a concrete base. A guard heard him screaming ‘whoopee’ during the fall

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XE6Aj TIL about a canadian ex- banker who bought a slowly producing gold mine and created a controversial, online, open to public contest to find more sites. he offerd 500k$ prize and by using 3D model, an australian group helped him find more the 6Bn$ worth of gold without having ever visiting the site.
epeQk TIL about Salieri syndrome where people with it are often mildly talented people in larger organizations in a position to help you — but instead they undermine your success.
8aYMV TIL Benjamin Franklin invented anti-wound pads that would later become disposable menstrual pads
l7DR5 TIL that a series of early nuclear weapon tests known as Operation Plumbbob resulted in a test bore cover plate being launched with such force that a frame/millisecond camera only caught the cover on a single frame.
wojBE TIL On The Cure's first big tour Robert Smith pulled double duty after the guitarist for headliner Siouxsie and the Banshees quit. Smith opened as lead singer and guitarist with The Cure and then played lead guitar for the Banshees. He said the experience heavily influenced The Cure's future sound.