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TIL Henry "Box" Brown escaped slavery in the American south by mailing himself to freedom. He had friends pack him into a small box, and ship him as cargo from Richmond to Philadelphia. He survived, and went on to work as a magician

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PYDQn TIL that the Australian government is passing a bill to give media companies control of YouTube's algorithm #OurYoutube
69oD8 TIL the largest single celled organism can grow up to TWO inches
ZeZp TIL: In 2013, forty year old Heath Campbell strolled into a New Jersey courthouse wearing full Nazi regalia and asked for visitation rights to his toddler claiming “Prisoners get to see their children, murderers get to see their children. What’s so horrible about being a Nazi?”.
VRZB TIL Genghis Khan once sent a 500 man caravan to establish trade ties, only to receive nothing in return and to have the whole caravan executed. Genghis Khan responded to this act of greed by executing the Shah responsible by pouring molten silver into his eyes and ears.
wb0M TIL that Elton John sank into a deep depression following the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997. He rewrote “Candle in the Wind” to be about her, and only played it live once. He has denied all requests to play it again, saying he will only play it if asked by one of Princess Diana’s sons.