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TIL about Anna Coleman Ladd , a sculptor , who gave new faces to WW1 soilders by making facial masks for them

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NXjm8 TIL in 2001 a 13 year old boy scout went missing in Yellowstone Park for over 18 hours and used his belt buckle to reflect sunlight and signal passing planes. His signal was happened to be spotted by Harrison Ford.
wo841 TIL During prohibition larger brewers survived by making near-beer, home brew supplies, malted milk and.... cheese!
Z4kD TIL of James Fallon, a neuroscientist who studies serial killers, discovered a gene making someone pre-disposed to being a serial killer, then discovered that his brain is mapped very similarly to serial killers, he has the gene, and is descended from a long line of serial killers
4emw TIL ‘What’s My Age Again?’, which contains the line “nobody likes you when you’re 23,” was written by Mark Hoppus, the only band member who wasn’t 23 at the time.
Mm5b TIL a group of nuns disfigured themselves to protect their chastity from a group of raiding Vikings. When the raiders discovered the nuns they were so disgusted that they locked them in the monastery and burned it down. This event helped coin the phrase “Cutting your nose of to spite your face.”