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TIL during the Chernobyl Disaster, Aleksandr Lelechenko saved his colleagues from radiation exposure by walking through radioactive water three times in place of his younger colleagues. He died less than 2 weeks after the disaster.

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RlW7 TIL Andre Agassi played a Davis Cup match in 1992 wearing a pair of Oakley sunglasses to hide the fact that he was hungover from the previous night’s drinking. Jim Jannard of Oakley then sent him a new Dodge Viper to thank him for the endorsement.
4ea6 TIL that an adopted man in Michigan searched for his birth mother for 4 years before finding out that she worked at the same Lowe’s store that he worked at. Neither of them knew.
m1gBy TIL that in 1994, Pearl Jam canceled their summer tour after discovering Ticketmaster was adding unfair service charges. In protest, they began building their own venues in rural areas and sold tickets directly to fans to keep prices low and avoid corporate influence.
6ErBZ TIL of the "My Way Killings", a social phenomon in the Philipines where violence and murder often occur after someone performes Frank Sinatra's hit My Way on a Karaoke machine. At least 12 people have died from it.
awlWy TIL German discount supermarket Lidl has failed to succeed in Norway, although being successful in other places. They left in 2008 after 4 years. Reasons stated for the failure are Norwegians not liking the foreign food, treatment of workers in other countries and money going out of the country.