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TIL many navies around the world through history have a ritual to "celebrate" crossing the equator as an initiation for those doing it for the first time.

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4Xvo6 TIL Jonathan Lee Riches, after hearing the Guinness Book of World Records planned to name him the most litigious man, did what he did best and sued the publication.
x6Nrb TIL some ultramarathoners get their toenails surgically removed because they don't want to contend with constantly bruised, ingrown and lost toenails.
R75P6 TIL of Adrian Carton de Wiart a British Officer who served in 3 wars; was shot in the face, head, stomach, ankle, leg, hip and ear; survived 2 plane crashes; tunneled out of a POW camp; tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. He wrote in WW1 "Frankly I had enjoyed the war."
awlnA TIL of John Mosbys Sack, a lost treasure buried in rural Virgina. In 1863 Confederate Colonel Mosby and his men snuck into the Fairfax VA county courthouse and got away with $350,000 in gold silver jewelry and heirlooms. He buried the sack between 2 large trees after the raid where it remains hidden
AMG4 TIL there is an entire market behind the scenes of buying and selling the blood that selfless people donate. It’s a multi-billion dollar industry.