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TIL: There is not a single documented case of piranhas eating a human

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E1XPV Today I learned of a ww2 navy officer who escaped a POW camp in full uniform by pretending to be a Bulgarian officer named I Bugaroff
ElKP TIL A man who survived 5 concentration camps convinced Hasbro to start producing Transformers, also holds over 100 other patents, the best-known of which gave him the exclusive right in the United States to detect and display hole cards in poker games.
De7V TIL Hulda Clark - a woman who believed all diseases were caused by parasites, and sold a 100% cure for HIV/AIDS, Depression, and Cancer - died of cancer.
4kEAJ TIL the 1979 cult classic The Warriors was based on the ancient story of the Anabasis, wherein Xenophon and his group of Greek mercenaries attempt to escape from Persia after the death of Cyrus.
wQ6M TIL the Ibrahim Prize, an annual award given to former African heads of states who have advanced democracy and peacefully transitioned power gifts $5,000,000 plus and additional $200,000 a year after that. It has only been awarded three times since 2008.