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TIL about Peter Lang a 76 year old man who single-handedly fought a fire for 10 hours to save his safari animals.

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0wpvp TIL that Notre Dame students once stormed a KKK parade in Indiana, ripping robes and hoods off the Klansmen and driving them out of the area, ruining the rally.
x4ow TIL when their child was diagnosed with xeroderma pigmentosa, a condition in which exposure to sunlight causes third degree burns and cancer, a New York couple founded Camp Sundown, a summer camp for kids with xeroderma pigmentosa where all normal camp activities are held after sundown.
LQgMZ TIL that Romans used to use urine in clothing dye and even to remove stains from clothes!
XXw8 TIL that Carillo Fuentes, a Mexican drug lord, tried to get plastic surgery to avoid capture, but died during the operation. The bodies of his surgeons were found mutilated and encased in concrete four months later.
BraDb TIL weasles are theorized to hypnotize their prey by doing a strange 'war dance'