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TIL in the 1936 Olympics in Germany, Finnish cross-country skier Kalle Jalkanen spat out his dentures during the last leg of 4x10 km relay, returned to pick them up and went on to finish the race in first place

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wWDP TIL that James Gordon Wolcott killed his family with a .22 long-barrel in 1967. Found not guilty by reason of insanity, he was later released and is now a psychology professor and chair of the Behavioral Sciences department at Millikin University, going by the name James St. James.
NXdJM TIL that while it's a grain agriculturally, a vegetable culinarily, corn is botanically a fruit
78gkp TIL Genghis Khan’s empire would eventually become the largest contiguous land empire in history.
PYV7L TIL that the woman who played Vera Webster in Superman III was also an accomplished singer. Probably saw that movie a hundred times as a kid and never knew this.
0wbMR TIL of the H - Index. A ranking of scientific authors and scholars according to productivity and citation impact of publications. It also takes into account things like obtaining the Nobel prize, being a research fellow or holding a high position at a university. Albert Einstein has an H index of 44