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TIL about a boy who survived 45 minutes under icy water.

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W7EBY TIL that one of Pharoh Ramesses III's wives plotted to have him killed through his royal harem to have her son succeed him. He died, but his chosen heir still managed to take the throne.
epr6E TIL about Giuseppe Garibaldi II, the Australian-born grandson of the Italian unifier who also fought in the Mexican Revolution and served under Pancho Villa.
v1Wxj TIL in the year 1900, the black plague came to California, causing years of politicians and businessmen denying the existence of any plague while scientists tried to stop its spread. At least 172 people died over the following 8 years. There is still an average of 7 cases every year in the USA.
9wnXQ TIL about Sahara Sea, a project which proposed flooding endorheic basins in the Sahara with waters from the Atlantic Ocean or Mediterranean Sea in order to create an inland sea
jNkZv TIL in WW2 escape compasses for the RAF were sometimes hidden by being made to look like a button (unscrewing the top revealed the small compass). When the Germans found out, they changed to a reverse thread, so trying to unscrew the button the usual way tightened it instead, keeping it hidden.