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TIL that rapper T.I. talked a suicidal 24-year-old man off the ledge of a 22-story building after he heard about the situation on the radio.

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17kO TIL up until 1910, the Brazilian Navy routinely lashed black crewmen aboard their ships. After a crewman received 250 lashes, crews aboard 4 warships mutinied and threatened to shell Rio de Janeiro. Although Brazil did not honor promised amnesty for the mutineers, the lash was never used again.
1OrD TIL that Vasily Zaytsev, a Soviet sniper with over 242 confirmed kills and 500 rumoured kills, became so good at shooting due to his peasant childhood; his family was too poor to afford many bullets, and hence he was forced to learn to take one shot per animal.
VM86p TIL that since NHL players earn one point for a goal and one for an assist, if you took away every single one of Wayne Gretzky's goals, he would STILL be the NHL's all time leading scorer. In other words, he as more assists than anyone else has assists+goals.
1BjW TIL Woody Harrelson’s dad was a hitman and died in prison while serving a life sentence for killing a Federal Judge.
D1m7Y TIL Donald Glover used to have the social media handle of @donglover. Unfortunately for him, many people wrongly read this username as Dong Lover instead of Don Glover. So, the actor later changed the name. He now sports the username @donaldglover on Twitter and @childishgambino on Instagram.