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TIL: A Man saves a drowning boy from a River, 30 Years after saving the same boys farther

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ZyoQ TIL that Beatles drummer Ringo Starr was illiterate for most of his childhood because he missed three years of school due to tuberculosis and peritonitis
4vDa TIL that due to a perfect combination of depth, altitude, and temperature bodies that have drown in Lake Tahoe rarely surface or decompose.
4k9Lo TIL there is a Oil Massage Championship
grOrW TIL of a study published in the British Medical Journal in 2018 concluding that parachutes does not reduce risk of death or major injury when jumping from an aircraft. However, participants only jumped from a stationary aircraft on the ground. The trial is meant as a humorous commentary on RCTs.
yvZX TIL the song “Every Breath You Take,” was inspired partially by Orwell’s 1984. Sting himself has expressed dismay that people think it’s about love and commitment, when he was writing about obsession and control.