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TIL: An elderly lady who ordered pizza every day for 3 years missed her order 3 days in a row and was saved by a delivery woman

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WZl4 TIL of a one handed drum roll technique known as a “Gravity Roll” or a “Gravity Blast”. The drummer strikes the drum, rests the stick on the rim of the drum, bringing the back of the stick down in a seesaw motion, then quickly brings the stick back up, striking the drum again.
gMdpb TIL that Cuba is the only country in the world that meets WWF conditions of sustainable development, for both the Human Development Index and Ecological Footprint
5YNEn TIL that until 2017, the toilets on UK trains flushed onto the tracks below.
mxlxY TIL that the Olympics has handed out participation medals since the first Olympic Games.
b9wpp TIL about the practice of widow's succession. This was a practice used by several countries in the early 20th century were if a politician died in office they would be succeeded by their widow. The practice resulted in some of the earliest women to hold political office in modern times.