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TIL That the younger of brother of Nazi leader Hermann Goering, Albert, helped Jews escape Germany and the camps during the war and was a vehement anti-fascist who worked with the Czech Underground

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ANOL4 TIL that a Guinness beer has only 10 more calories than a Bud Light
x6AM1 TIL that the Golden Record sent to outer space by NASA also carries an hour long recording of the brainwaves of Ann Druyan who thought of many topics, including Earth's history, civilizations and the problems they face, and what it was like to fall in love, in addition to music and scientific images
XEeG6 TIL in 2005, Facebook hired graffiti artist David Choe to paint murals in their new office space. Choe accepted Facebook shares instead of a cash payment, and when Facebook went public in 2012, his shares were valued at $200 million.
loG0K TIL Chen Si a Chinese man who has stopped more than 300 people from committing suicide off the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge in Nanjing, China.
4bd5 TIL the longest certified foot race in the world is the ‘Self-Transcendence 3100’ where runners must do 5649 laps around a single block in Queens New York.