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TIL that calling 999 from an Android device texts the emergency services with your location data

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YpwNG TIL about Joe Simpson, who broke his leg descending a mountain and was lowered off the mountain by his climbing partner Simon Yates. He ends up falling off a cliff and into a crevasse after Simon is forced to cut the rope. He survives and crawls 8 miles to safety. Better story in link.
VBJoD TIL Americans invented the Internet, but a British man invented the World Wide Web.
1BOX TIL 47 years ago today, December 18,How the Grinch Stole Christmas was first aired on CBS.
R5pa TIL that Hitler originally had a handlebar mustache, but was ordered to shave it to his famous toothbrush style during WWI in order for his gas mask to fit air tight.
wEeP TIL A child was born who was the nearest medical example of a virgin birth, most of his cells contained genetic material only from his mother