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TIL The Largest Wave Ever Recorded was 1,720 Feet Tall

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OpDe TIL that during WWII, a Polish Catholic social worker named Irena Sendlerowa saved 2,500 Jewish children from death. That’s more than the 1,200 saved by Oscar Schindler. She was recognized by Yad Vashem in 1965 as one of the Righteous Among Nations (a non-Jew who saved Jews during the Holocaust).
PokE TIL Rick James’ autopsy found alprazolam, diazepam, bupropion, citalopram, hydrocodone, digoxin, chlorpheniramine, methamphetamine, and cocaine in his blood.
a8OK0 TIL that the longest prison sentence ever served was 71 years
LQ1jp TIL There are only between 150-300 kidnappings of children by strangers each year in the US. The other 200,000 kidnappings each year are by relatives.
8aRYG TIL there is mushroom that tastes exactly like maple syrup