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TIL that a random guy on a beach in Scotland found an axe head that could be 450,000 years old

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Wamo TIL the worst shark attack in human history was when the USS Indianapolis was sunk sending 900 men into the shark infested waters. Only 300 men survived.
wobd7 TIL two weeks after being appointed CEO of Olympus, Michael Christopher Woodford blew the whistle on Olympus after he was fired for repeatedly questioning suspicious transactions and involving external auditors, exposing one of the biggest "loss-hiding arrangements in Japanese corporate history".
R6Bj TIL if you donate $2 to the Dave Thomas Foundation through Wendy’s, you’ll receive a free frosty with your order for the rest of 2017
neDBB TIL "Helicobacter pylori" is responsible for stomach cancer
lXDB TIL on August 5, 1944, one of the biggest jail-breaks in history involved hundreds of Japanese POWs attempting to escape an Australian prisoner camp. The Japanese considered the Australians weak because they treated the prisoners well. 234 of the Japanese were killed and another 108 wounded.