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TIL The Prankster Horace De Vera Cole once handed out free symphony tickets to bald men. He painted a letter on each of the men's heads. When they sat in their seats their shiny bald heads spelled "Bollocks"

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VKYp TIL of the Fukushima 50. During the 2011 earthquake in Japan, 50 workers at the nuclear power plant would not leave even though 750 others had been evacuated. For four days they kept the reactor from melting down until backup arrived, saving countless lives.
D1Voe TIL despite what Bugs Bunny cartoons tell us, carrots are like candy to rabbits and should only be fed as an occasional treat only to them; having too much can result in obesity
Z8mbv TIL: The United States Air Force Pararescue (PJs) use the sound bite of "Leeroy Jenkins" from World of Warcraft to notify themselves of an upcoming medevac mission.
ne85Y TIL primary school children in Scotland honored their class pets who had died with a Viking-style ceremony. They crafted boats from cardboard for goldfish Bubbles & Freddy, spoke dedications to the fish, and then set fire to the boat which was to carry their pets to the Viking Gods in Valhalla.
pN8O TIL of Hero Rats: African giant pouched rats can be trained to sniff out both mines and tuberculosis. They are too light to set off mines and can perform a day’s worth of human TB scanning in seven minutes.