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TIL of the Memorial to Heroic Self-Sacrifice, a public monument in London commemorating ordinary people who died saving the lives of others and who might otherwise have been forgotten.

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yVdbJ TIL of "Shit Life Syndrome," a medical term for a form of depression resistant to therapy and anti-depressants, caused by ones life circumstances.
5YMxn TIL that snakes can help predict earthquakes.
aOA9 TIL that Ethiopian runner Abebe Bikila won the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome after running the race barefoot.
KXpR TIL A Bond girl (from “For Your Eyes Only”) Caroline Cossey was born a man, Barry Cossey.
J1yDV TIL that modern birds come from four distinct lineages that survived the asteroid impact.