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TIL that the Ghanaian Kingsley Ofosu is the only survivor of a massacre perpetrated by the crew of a cargo ship he and 8 other people stowed away on. He managed to hide for 3 days then flee to safety when the ship reached France, while the other stowaways were all murdered by the crew.

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b9ERj TIL that the term "OK" achieved national prominence in 1840, when Democrats claimed during the election that it stood for "Old Kinderhook," a nickname for incumbent President Van Buren. In response, Whig opponents attributed OK ("Oll Korrect," or all correct) to the bad spelling of Andrew Jackson.
16ajW TIL that East India Company was actually a private corporation with an army of around 260,000 soldiers, twice the size of the army of Britain.
WZNN TIL: Three soviet engineers volunteered their lives at Chernobyl to release water from the broken reactor. Had they not done this, the resulting fallout would have covered most of Europe. All three men died within two weeks.
v1Pjx TIL of Pando, one of the world's most massive living organisms, consisting of roughly 47.000 trees. Its age is estimated from 80.000 up to a million years.
KO0G6 TIL Albert Woolson was the last surviving member of the Union Army who served in the American Civil War. He died in 1956 at age 106.