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TIL after winning the 1994 World Cup, Brazil’s goalie left his medal and $60,000 in cash in a cab. The cab driver returned all of it and received $1000 in reward

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0wgJM TIL that Soviet Cosmonauts take shotguns to space to protect themselves from Siberian wilderness upon re-entry back to earth.
Yp5Lx TIL The Battle of Adwa in 1896 saw Ethiopia win a decisive victory against Italy, securing Ethiopia's independence for another 40 years. In that period Ethiopia was hailed as the only surviving African state to defeat a European colonial power in open battle
wLKV6 TIL A convent of Mexican nuns, The Sisters of the Immaculate Health, is helping to save one of the world's most endangered and remarkable amphibians – The Axolotl, a creature of worldwide scientific interest, as they are able to regrow lost limbs and other body parts, which we hope to emulate.
OOaR TIL Roman emperor Commodus had a group of footless Roman citizens bound together in the shape of human, clubbed them all to death, then announced he’d killed a giant.
rMZo TIL Keanu Reeves used his % profit from The Matrix to buy a motorcycle for all of the movie’s stuntmen.