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TIL Domingo Ghirardelli was so upset that a Catholic priest did not do last rites for his daughter that he smuggled his family's bodies out of the local Catholic cemetery and moved them to a mausoleum decorated with a prominent Masonic emblem above the door.

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lA8K TIL Derreck Kayongo collected barely-used bars of soap from hotels, melted them together, and distributed them to poor countries. He’s the founder of the Global Soap Project, which improves access to basic sanitation and reduces disease and child mortality.
jwNN TIL Grado Labs headphones has never advertised once in its entire 61 year history. It has instead relied on word of mouth from audiophiles.
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GYeRQ TIL of Thomas Cochrane, a Scottish earl, who left the Royal Navy in disgrace, and then joined the Chilean Navy to help it fight for independence.
R7jOa TIL Jesse Owens gave 1 of his 4 Olympic gold medals to Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, he gavethe other 3 to a hotel owner in Philadelphia to pay for his outstanding bill at the hotel, and one of his medals sold for $615,000 in Dec 2019.