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TIL the Wright brothers didn't like to fly together in fear of both of them dying in an accident. They wanted at least one of them to survive to carry on research.

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yVOlM TIL Roy Sullivan is believed to have been struck by lightning 7 times throughout his life. He began carrying a can of water incase he caught on fire (which he did!)
p8VAb TIL nearly 60 y.o. combat instructors Bill Sykes and Dan Fairbairn would introduce themselves to spy trainees during WWII by descending a staircase into a ballroom. They would pretend to fall and roll down the stairs, but pop up at the bottom with a pistol in one hand and knife in the other.
1a1rd TIL About 235 BC - Eratosthenes of Cyrene calculated the circumference of the Earth with astonishing accuracy, with a value that is only 6% higher than the actual one.
jx8n TIL The Golden Temple of India feeds over 100,000 people a day no matter who they are, where they come from, or their race.
AN0lx TIL of French Neo-Socialist, Marcel Déat. In May of 1939 he wrote 'Why Die for Danzig' (Mourir pour Dantzig?) urging France to appease Hitler by surrendering to his ultimatum for Danzig. Déat would later act as a collaborator with Vichy France.