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TIL that in 2013, Harrison Okene survived underwater in the Atlantic Ocean for 3 days

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0wDBj TIL the inventor of reiki, Mikao Usui, suffered a stroke and died while teaching it. Reiki is is used as an illustrative example of pseudoscience in academic journal articles. There is no central authority controlling use of the words "reiki master", & certificates can be purchased online
nW5Zr TIL of the Giant GRB Ring which is a ring of 9 gamma-ray bursts. It is 5.6 BILLION light years across.
nWnVd TIL that in 1999 a Qantas 747 "crashed" on landing and then Qantas paid a huge amount of money to repair the plane so it wouldn't be reported as a hull loss accident.
LYe9 TIL That at the outbreak of the 1973 Yom Kippor War, Israeli forces of just 3,000 troops, 180 tanks and 60 artillery were able to halt the advance of a Syrian force of 28,000 troops, 800 tanks and 600 artillery until reservists were mobilised
dDypE TIL the first battle fought by Italian troops since WW2 is so named for a adjacent Barilla pasta factory nearby