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TIL the first snowboarders in the 1960s were often kicked off ski resorts for being “too unruly” and “dangerous to skiing culture.” It wasn’t until the late 1980s that most resorts fully accepted snowboarding.

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5YevR TIL On September 8, 2009, Sgt. Dakota Meyer disobeyed a direct order to pull back from his position so he could rescue wounded soldiers from a firefight a mile away. He ended up going back five times, saving the lives of 36 soldiers, saying “That’s what you do for a brother”.
oVMK TIL that after hitting his head in the shallow end of a swimming pool, a man awoke with the condition known as aquired musical savant syndrome. He had become a great pianist without ever learning to play.
Z5vG TIL India is considered the “pharmacy of the developing world” and delivers affordable medicines to poor people all around the world by exporting 50% of of its $10bn annual generic medicine production.
NXZ0e TIL about Abebe Bikila, an Ethiopian marathon runner. He not only set a new Guinness world record on 2 occasions (at the 1960 and 1964 Olympics) but is also the current record holder for Fastest Barefoot Marathon run.
E1PKx TIL that when EEG was used to measure brain activity of a woman with multiple personality disorder there was no brain activity linked to sight whenever one of her blind 'alters' was in control (although her eyes were open), but that normal activity returned to the area when a sighted alter took over