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TIL That during and shortly after the JFK assassination a woman was seen and photographed holding a camera and stayed after most witnesses fled the seen. She has never been identified.Nor has the footage she may have took been found.

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9YjRm TIL In 1944, a crossword writer for The Daily Telegraph caused alarm at MI-5 by accidentally publishing information on the impending D-Day landings. "Utah", "Omaha", "Overlord" and other codewords all appeared in his work a month before the invasion. It turned out to be entirely harmless chance.
PYOMV TIL that in 1945, a US Army Air Force B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building. The crash severed an elevator's cables, causing it to plummet 75 stories. The elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver survived the elevator fall, and holds the record for the longest elevator fall survived.
j6jrj TIL that when elephants die of old age it's because they have lost their last set of molars, can't eat and die of starvation.
oBr0L TIL about Haru Urara. A Japanese racehorse who became a famous role model because she never gave up, despite losing over 100 races in a row. For her 106th race Japan’s premier jockey was brought in to ride her, and try to deliver that long sought after victory. She came 10th out of 11.
wEAJ TIL in 2004 makers of “Action Man”, Hasbro asked children to vote on whether the main villain should be allowed to live. They killed him