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TIL Darius McCollum, a New Yorker diagnosed with Asperger syndrome, has been arrested over 30 times for impersonating transit employees, stealing trains and buses, and driving their routes - complete with making safety announcements and passenger stops.

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Wk6G8 TIL About Desmond Doss, a non-combatant combat medic with an infantry company serving in World War II. At the Battle of Okinawa, he single handedly saved 75 mens lives, one at a time whilst under gunfire, becoming the only conscientious objector to receive the medal of honour for his actions.
7rlMb TIL - the "Existential Slap" is the experience a dying person has when they know, at a 'gut level' death is close.
90pX TIL That the Purple Martins, on the US east coast, are 100% dependent on man made housing to breed and nest, made and maintained by communities of Purple Martin supporters.
pYN44 TIL The second longest-lived British head of state after Elizabeth II is Richard Cromwell (son of Oliver) whose "reign" lasted 9 months but lived to be 85
rLeM TIL a NJ store owner’s shop got flooded in 1883, soaking his entire stock of taffy in Atlantic Ocean salt water. When a little girl came in and asked if he had taffy, he jokingly offered her some “salt water taffy. The girl happily accepted, word got around, and salt water taffy was born.