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TIL a Polish soldier willing sent himself to Auschwitz in WWII to investigate the concentration camp. He’s the reason the allies were aware of the camps activities. And organized an “in-camp resistance”

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0yOA TIL the author of Jaws dedicated the last decade of his life to the preservation of sharks to make up for the mass hysteria he inadvertently helped create.
jpkj TIL Alan Rickman almost turned down his first film role - Hans Gruber in Die Hard; changed his mind and suggested wearing a suit and pretending to be a hostage
5Ym4k TIL the Gladiator spider does not have Irises, but rather large photosensitive membranes. Consequently, it's eyes are destroyed every day at dawn and must be rebuilt every night. However, this adaption has made it better than cats or owls for night hunts
b6kj TIL that a man who gave away his fortune to charity also donated a kidney to a stranger, noting that the chances of dying as a result of the procedure were about 1 in 4,000 and “to withhold a kidney from someone who would otherwise die means valuing one’s own life at 4,000 times that of a stranger”
VE0p TIL that British Airways does not allow adult males to sit next to unaccompanied children.