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TIL that not only did Roy Sullivan survive seven lightening strikes, but after he was struck the seventh time he fought off a bear by hitting it with a tree branch, making it the 21st time he hit a bear with a stick.

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BrZVW TIL About charities that take used pacemakers from deceased people and donate them to people in third world countries
v1jbL TIL that a man --Dharampal Singh, was stoned to death by monkeys in India. The animals had collected bricks from a dilapidated building nearby and reportedly pelted him with the bricks from a tree. His family lodged a formal complaint about the incident at Doghat police station in Uttar Pradesh.
jNOMR TIL Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert, famous film critics, agreed nine times on 'best of the year' film: Z, The Godfather, Nashville, The Right Stuff, Do the Right Thing, GoodFellas, Schindler's List, Hoop Dreams, and Fargo
b9kMp TIL That the famous deaf-blind writer Hellen Keller received a gift from a Japanese police officer who gave her an Akita dog named Kamikaze-Go as a present. After the dog's death Japan’s government gifted another Akita, making her the first person to bring the dog breed to the U.S. In 1948
5jJ8 TIL the original soundtrack of “Who wants to be a millionaire” took the pitch up a semitone for each subsequent question, in order to increase tension as the contestant progressed through the game.