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TIL that the former owner of Segway died after riding his Segway off a cliff and into a river.

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mx7wy TIL that in during WW2, an American bomber -ye olde pub- was nearly shot down. A German fighter gave chase and once in range, he noticed the dead and injured crew and the terror in the pilots face. He didn’t attack and escorted the plane. Both pilots survived the war and finally met in 1990
ADyYa TIL that Franz Kafka starved to death because the tuberculosis in his throat would not allow him to eat.
9X4m TIL that a man without arms holds the archery record for the farthest accurate distance category.
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