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TIL A hiker was lost on a mountain for 24 hours and ignored calls, texts, and voicemail messages from rescuer teams because he didn’t recognize the phone number.

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5YjxD TIL that a Colombian woman was raised by Capuchin monkeys for 5 years after being abandoned in the jungle. She learned to scale trees, catch birds and rabbits with her bare hands, and lived as one of them until she was discovered by hunters.
9mam TIL it is possible to survive a nuclear blast inside a bankvault, and this is because they are designed specifically to withstand the blast pressure.
WWMY TIL of “Nayirah”, a girl who gave an emotionally charged but false testimony before congress of atrocities she witnessed in Kuwait, but who turned out to be the daughter of a US Ambassador and engaged in a propaganda campaign [Video in Comments]
epwPD TIL William Stoughton, the chief judge of the Salem Witch Trials, sentenced 19 men and women to death during the trials despite not having any training, or education, in law.
8eagK TIL That the hair style Princess Leia wears in Star Wars, was inspired by women of the Mexican Revolution, most notably, guerrilla fighter Clara de la Rocha.