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TIL a 57yo Japanese man has been learning to SCUBA dive specifically so he can look for his wife’s remains after she was presumably swept away during the 2011 tsunami. He says her last email to him was “… I want to go home”, and he is determined to make that happen.

XEmK8 TIL of “The Custom of the Sea,” an old tradition among sailors where in dire circumstances, such as being stranded at sea and on the verge of starvation, the remaining sailors would all draw straws and whoever drew the shortest would then be killed and eaten to ensure the survival of the others.
Lkaap TIL that the oldest Olympian ever was Oscar Swahn of Sweden, who won the gold medal in shooting at the 1912 Olympics at the age of 65.
6Y78 TIL Henry Ford was an anti-semite and a Nazi supporter, and used his company, money and influence to spread and legitimize antisemitic views. He blamed every national problem on Jews, from strikes to depressions, and received the “Grand Cross of the German Eagle” from the Nazis in 1938.
kOvVg TIL The gluten free trend has been on the rise since 2011 with over 18 million Americans claiming to be "gluten sensitive" despite only 1.76 million being diagnosed as having celiac disease. Studies show that the trend is growing in 3 demographics - White, under 40, Female.
9Y0PQ TIL In 2017, 94 year old Nobel laureate Yang Zhenning gave up their American citizenship to become CAS Chinese academicians, the highest academic title in China. Yang renounced his American citizenship in 2015 and his father had never forgiven him for giving up his Chinese nationality