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TIL about Job Maseko, a Black South African volunteer soldier, who sunk Nazi ship using IED made from tin and stolen gunpowder during his time at POW camp in North Africa

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aJaN TIL that a mathematician by the name of Joseph Fourier had a belief that if he wrapped his body in a blanket, it would be beneficial to his health. His death was caused by tripping on a blanket and falling down stairs.
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