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TIL about Marion Stokes a Philadelphia woman who compulsively recorded and stored over 40,000 VHS tapes of news broadcasts between 1979 and 2012

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nvBr TIL a lawyer died by trying to prove to a bunch of students, that a window on the 24th story was unbreakable. The window gave way and he fell to his death.
vP6Gj TIL Eugenio Monti, an Italian Winter Olympian, lent a bolt to his rival Tony Nash, allowing Nash to win the bobsled gold medal, while Monti took bronze. In response to criticism from Italian media Monti said, "Nash didn't win because I gave him the bolt. He won because he had the fastest run."
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rRJd0 TIL Monowi already has one claim to fame – it’s officially the smallest town in America. It has just one resident – 80something Elsie Eiler, who acts as the mayor, librarian, town clerk, and bartender.