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TIL that Australia became the first place on earth to rescue people stranded in the water with drones.

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XJYD TIL The only Japanese who survived the Titanic lost his job because he was known as a coward in Japan for not dying with the other passengers.
JkJB TIL There were ancient stone tablets in Japan’s recent tsunami struck areas with inscriptions “Do not build your homes below this point!”
kOK1 TIL J.P. Morgan’s big break started in the Civil War by buying 5,000 defective rifles (shot off troops thumbs) from the US Army Arsenal for $3.50 ea. and then selling them back to a general in the field for $22 ea. He then escaped service from the war by paying $300 for a substitute.
7rOxO TIL In 1970, psychologist Timothy Leary was sentenced to 20 years in prison. On arrival, he was given a psychological evaluation (that he had designed himself) and answered the questions in a way that made him seem like a low risk. He was assigned to a lower-security prison from which he escaped.
081A TIL that an Indonesian toddler Aldi Rizal has quit the habit of smoking 40 cigarettes a day but has now got addicted to junk food. He started smoking when he was just 18 months old.