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TIL that in 1999, a woman survived a 14,500 foot fall after her parachute didn’t deploy while skydiving. She landed on a mound of fire ants and was stung several hundred times, giving her an adrenaline rush to keep her heart beating.

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BrLpW TIL about Roman soldier Pantera. In Celsius' "The true word" Jesus was depicted as the result of an affair between his mother Mary and this soldier. Both the ancient Talmud and medieval Jewish writings reinforced this notion, referring "Yeshu ben Pantera", which means "Jesus, son of Pantera"
OG0bY TIL in 2009 a 1400 year old Hoard was found in England with 11 pounds of gold. One piece was inscribed with a Bible verse translated as, “let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee." (Numbers 10:35)
NXxeN TIL that it takes 28% to 70% less energy to produce a ton of paper from recycled paper than from trees.
YLZB TIL John Travolta, Chevy Chase, and Bill Murray all turned down the role of Forrest Gump, which was then played by Tom Hanks.
4XjRR TIL that the Nazis also had a special Concentration Camp for "difficult" girls between 16 and 21. Many of them were classified as criminals only because they had premarital sex or were lesbians. From 1942 until 1945 more than 1200 girls were kept there and many of them did not survive.