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TIL of LaVere Redfield, an American multimillionaire who was discovered to be hoarding a massive collection of around 270k silver Morgan dollars and postage stamps in his basement during a robbery in 1952. Following his death in 1974, his heirs uncovered even more coins hidden, around 7.3 million.

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nWmlY TIL about Derrick Leverton, a British anti-air officer in WW2 who, during the invasion of Sicily while waiting for his guns to be unloaded, dug his own grave, had a cup of tea, and took a nap - all while still exposed to dive bombers on the beach.
DegJ TIL That a Menger sponge has an infinite surface area and zero volume
0O9v TIL that the woman who started the Mother’s Day tradition in the US was so opposed to its commercialization that she spent her whole inheritance and her remaining years of life protesting what the holiday had become
neab9 TIL That the attack on Pearl Harbor was so unexpected, that as the bombing began, one seaman turned to his friend and said, "This is the best damn drill the Army has ever put on!"
neO4o TIL thieves stole a radiotherapy unit from an abandoned hospital and sold it for scrap. The caesium unit was opened and admired for its mysterious blue glow. Hundreds fell ill and 4 people died of radiation poisoning.