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TIL anyone aged 16 or older can use the Library of Congress

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GAWWg TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed.
yVAjX TIL Painite, the rarest gem in the world, only has two dozen specimens ever found.
x64l0 TIL In 1962, a "laughter epidemic" broke out in Tanzania and spreading to over 1,000 people. This bizarre phenomenon even led to the temporary closure of 14 schools.
JYnnj TIL that a woman mistook some cheese for cocaine and so she hired a hit man to kill a house full of people to steal it. The hit man then turned out to be a cop.
ADZQx TIL German law prevents the use of surnames as first names and requires all first names to clearly indicate gender