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TIL that thanks to his Internet popularity, “success kid” made enough money to fund his dad’s kidney transplant.

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b9440 Today I learned of Gayle Grinds, who after being couch ridden for 6 years had become fused to the couch and died during surgery to remove it.
5MdQ TIL South Africa developed 6 nuclear bombs but dismantled all of them in the early 90s
78RMx TIL that prior to World War 2 Vidkun Quisling was known for helping Norwegian explorer Fritjof Nansen in humanitarian work for the Russian famine as well as Armenian genocide survivors
9YygX TIL: the Ruppell’s Griffin Vulture is the highest flying bird at 7 miles (11 km) high. The avg height of commercial airlines.
JJrV TIL that in a simulated, long-term, multinational space mission, Russian Cosmonauts sexually assaulted women, routinely broke into fist-fights.