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TIL about Melanesia Sergeant Major Jacob Vouza who was captured by the Japanese, hung from a tree and beaten with rifles, tied to a red ant hill, bayonetted seven times in the chest and once in the throat, but still managed to chew through his restraints and deliver news of the impending attack

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p8Jn4 TIL about Rachele Gilmore, an understudy in the Metropolitan Opera. With only a couple hours notice, she was told she would be making her debut in Offenbach's "Les Contes Hoffman". That night she hit an A-flat above high C, breaking the record for highest note ever sung at the Met.
MePBW TIL That "Coffee Milk", a sweet drink made with coffee syrup or extract and milk, is the official state drink of Rhode Island
46m5 TIL someone invented a circular sling shot or torus device called a “SlingATron” to launch things into space.
01w1 TIL that in northern Finland, reindeer’s horns are painted with a fluorescent color in order to avoid car accidents.
BOVd TIL New York Times crossword puzzle editor, Will Shortz, is the only person in the world to have a degree in enigmatology, the study of puzzles.