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TIL, Olympic wrestler Rulon Gardner survived when his plane crashed into Lake Powell. He swam an hour in 7 °C water to reach shore, and then spent the night without shelter.

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WPj8 TIL prisoners in the female-only concentration camp Ravensbruck purposefully sewed socks with thin heels and toes so German soldier’s feet would get sore.
a8EGb TIL the froghopper holds the record for highest recorded jump by an insect at 70 cm (28 in). The rough human equivalent is a 6-ft man jumping 600-ft in a single bound. When a froghopper jumps, it endures a G-force of more than 414 times its own weight, whereas, astronauts endure a G-force of 6 or 7.
P19vO TIL: Horse flies have razer sharp stabbing organs with two pairs of cutting blades and a spongelike part to lap up the blood of its victim, unlike the mosquito wich will release a mild anaesthetic to its host, the female Horse fly bite will sting and continue feeding until it is full or dead.
8a6P TIL Jon Stewart’s brother Larry is the COO of the New York Stock Exchange
ZmJR TIL the original bikini swimsuit was named after the then-recent Bikini Atoll nuclear test because the inventor expected the swimsuit to be “equally explosive”