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TIL Four Children, the Youngest Just 11 Months Old, Survived 40 Days in the Amazon Jungle After a Plane Crash, Living Off Wild Fruit and Seeds

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W9l9 TIL that Benjamin Netanyahu said the 9/11 attacks were beneficial to Israel because it ‘swung American public opinion.’
a8k1Z TIL there was an 1906 Olympic Games hosted in Athens, Greece but the IOC have taken away the status of 'Olympics' to the games
PYv4J TIL that the skatman was made to help people with stammers. Scatman John himself suffered from a severse stammer
4krYX TIL that the buildings on the Greek Islands are whitewashed partially because whitewash was used as a cheap disinfectant that prevented cholera and other serious diseases in the early 20th Century
XEVQ8 TIL about Donald Watts, a Florida resident police received calls about and found rolling naked in a muddy ditch. After using 2 stun guns with no effect they called for backup among which was a K9 unit who was ordered to engage Watts but Watts managed to grab the dog by the head and bit him first.