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TIL about Charles Poland, a school bus driver who literally died trying to protect the students on his bus from a violent kidnapper.

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16VYr TIL that in the year 301, a stonemason was falsely accused of being a woman’s estranged husband. He allegedly fled up a mountain, built a monastery, and lived as a hermit. The isolated mountain community has been self-governing ever since, and is now the modern nation of San Marino.
wOWJ TIL The Black Death killed half of the current Norweigan population in 1349. Because of this, Norway couldn’t sustain a kingdom and they were soon in a union with Sweden and Denmark.
QeQL TIL in 2005 a Baltimore man was arrested and handcuffed to a pole for 3 hours for paying a $114 fee with 57 $2 bills. The Secret Service was called to make sure it wasn’t counterfeit money - which it indeed was not.
OGaPg TIL that no centipede naturally has exactly 100 legs. A quirk in their development means each centipede has an odd number of body segments, making 50 pairs of legs impossible.
R57MQ TIL that the titular restaurant of the song "Tom's Diner" is the same one used for exterior shots of the diner in "Seinfeld"