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TIL Dan Rather got in a fight with a cop at the 1968 Democratic Convention

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Yp4Bx TIL of Panyee FC, a club in Southern Thailand that plays on a floating pitch.
GAWWg TIL about Deaf lifeguard Leroy Colombo, who overcame childhood paralysis through swimming and saved a record-breaking 900+ lives during his career. His swimming talent and use of sight rather than sound to identify drowning swimmers allowed him to save people other lifeguards would have missed.
x6y67 TIL a few days prior to the violent beheading and cannibalism that took place upon a Greyhound bus in 2008, the company was set to launch an ad campaign saying "There's a reason you've never heard of bus rage." After the incident they removed all ads, including physical posters in NYC stations.
dDWME TIL That it would require a minimum of 500 people to re-populate the earth.
NX5YE TIL In Colorado, more than 5,000 minors have married since the year 2000.