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TIL about Dana Lewis, who has diabetes built her own artificial pancreas, she used social media, computer skills and mail-ordered parts to invent an artificial pancreas for people with diabetes and she is giving away the plans for free

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WkW9L TIL about Wim Hof the Dutch extreme athlete known as The Iceman. Hof climbed to an altitude of 7,200 metres (23,600 ft) on Mount Everest wearing nothing but shorts and shoes. He also has shared his regimen for battling the cold referred to as The Wim Hof method.
M7V0K TIL during WWII, Rolex allowed allied PoWs to order watches with the company taking each man’s word as his bond and duly sending the watch. This boosted morale in taking payment on account implied confidence the Allies would win the war.
4JVa TIL that storms from the Sahara Desert blow dust all the way to Florida, affecting Florida’s climate and air quality
ZpwoG TIL Patient “Zero” was a misunderstanding of patient “O”
kJ8YW TIL about the infamous Ash Wednesday bushfires that ravaged the states of South Australia and Victoria on the 16th of February 1983. The fires burnt 3 million acres in a single day claiming a total of 75 lives and a total insurance cost of $324 million. ($1.16 billion adjusted for inflation)