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TIL the tallest Iranian, Morteza Mehrzad, is a Two time Gold medal winning Sitting Volleyball Paralympian

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oBk47 TIL a Doberman in India died protecting its owners from 4 mountain cobras, fighting them for 4 hours. He killed all of them, but then died from poison from multiple snake bites. Hundreds of people paid their respects to him, laying floral wreaths on his body, and held a funeral procession for him.
J1lgB TIL that the actor who played the “master” and the actress who played his wife in ‘Hocus Pocus’ were siblings in real life
69RDJ Today I learned that being 4-10" qualifies a person with Dwarfism
ANDeg TIL that when Abraham Lincoln took off his Stovepipe Hat to give his first Inaugural Address, he awkwardly looked around for a place to put it. The losing Presidential Candidate, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, stepped forward, said “Permit me,” and took the hat to hold on his knee during the address.
w7kM TIL The Hammer of Thor is one of the official religious emblems available for headstones in U.S. military cemeteries.