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TIL that professional photographers in the early 1900s had to carry up to 50 pounds of gear just to take a single photo

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1yWV TIL that Aki Ra - a former child soldier - has devoted his life to removing landmines, and caring for young landmine victims. He has personally removed and destroyed as many as 50,000 landmines from Cambodia, originally using no more than a knife, a hoe, and a stick
OokQL TIL when released 30 years ago, despite huge levels of radio play, the song 'Do The Bartman' by Bart Simpson was never released as a single in the USA. It topped music sales charts almost everywhere else in the world.
jNZrj TIL after leaving office, former President Harry S. Truman oftentimes struggled to make ends meet. Despite only having an Army pension of $112/month as a steady source of income, Truman refused to “commercialize on the prestige and dignity of the office of the presidency."
0w4WN TIL that in 1914 Capt Campbell, a British POW held in Germany, asked permission from Kaiser Wilhelm II to visit his dying mother in England. The Kaiser agreed, on the condition that Campbell return to the camp, which he did - and remained there until the war ended in 1918.
W7EKL TIL that all curling stones used in the winter Olympics come from Ailsa Craig in Scotland