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TIL of Liviu Librescu, a Romanian-born internationally renowned professor of aerospace engineering at Virginia Tech. He survived the holocaust. At age 76 he held the door of his classroom shut while the gunman attempted to enter it. Although shot 5 times, only 1 of his 23 students died that day.

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78pKL TIL that actor Federico Castelluccio, who played Furio on The Sopranos, is also an art expert who discovered a misidentified Renaissance painting worth perhaps $10 million more than the $140,000 he paid for it.
wL8Ro Today I learned that the "Ukrainian Insurgent Army" fought against the Nazis, the Soviets and the Polish Home Army, making it the only organization to fight the Axis, Comintern and Western Allies
LkGaQ TIL About Simo Häyhä, a Finnish Sniper during the Winter War. Despite not using a scope on his outdated rifle, he became the dealiest sniper in history. He was once shot in the head by an anti-tank rifle, but only fell into a coma after revenge. When he woke up, the Soviets retreated.
YvBB TIL that according to the Bohr model of the atom, elements with an atomic number higher than 137 can’t exist as the first electron would travel faster than the speed of light
MjaB TIL in 2000, due to a Disney DVD “duplication error”, the Toy Story Ultimate Toy Box Set shipped to Costco Stores contained scenes from the R-rated romantic comedy movie “High Fidelity” inserted at a random point during Toy Story 2, in which the word “fuck” is used twice by John Cusack.