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TIL that a pregnant Indian woman swam nearly 1 kilometer across a swollen river to give birth in a hospital instead of her home

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DQLeJ TIL the town of Honiton, UK has a "Hot Penny Day" a recreation of a 13th century tradition where wealthy people would heat pennies on the stove, throw them into the streets and laugh at the poor people who picked them up.
5Vg4n TIL about Rebecca Sharrock, a 27-year-old from Australia who has Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM), a rare syndrome that allows her to recall every single detail of her life on any given date.
mykP TIL the “Great American Eclipse” will occur on August 21 this year, and will be the first total eclipse visible in the continental US since 1979
ve5R TIL Yu Pengnian gave up his entire $1B+ fortune to charity. When some said it was “unnatural” for him to leave none for his family, he replied, “If my children are competent, they don’t need my money. If they’re not, leaving them a lot of money is only doing them harm.”
neo4o TIL the NFL tried to sue rapper M.I.A. for 100% of her earnings for life (if she ever earned over U.S. $2million) because she flipped a middle finger at the 2012 super bowl halftime show.