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TIL about a blind Bulgarian mystic called Baba Vanga who passed away in 1996 but who left behind predictions for every year until 5079, at which point she believed the universe would cease to exist.

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ZBWv TIL about Irena Sendler who (assisted by some two dozen other Żegota members) smuggled approximately 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and then provided them with false identity documents and shelter outside the Ghetto, saving those children from the Holocaust.
1LBr TIL of Bill Baird, who was convicted as a felon in 1967 for giving a speech to 1,500 college students about birth control and then handing out one package of condoms and one of contraceptive foam. His actions would not be legal until 1972.
E1jkW TIL Kentaro Miura, author of manga series Berserk, was so meticulous that he would often go pixel-by-pixel in digital drawing software meant to streamline his inking and drawing process
yknV TIL too much exposure to Silver (Ag) will turn your skin permanently blue
P1axZ TIL that 650 soldiers created a beautiful tribute to thank WWI War Horses and Donkeys. About eight million horses, and countless mules, and donkeys were lost in the war. The photo was taken by the officers in the Auxiliary Remount Dept. No.326 in Camp Cody, New Mexico in 1915.