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TIL of the first person to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge - a professional high diver who wanted to ‘demonstrate that people did not die by simply falling through the air’. He proved himself correct after falling, safely, 135 feet through the air; dying from impact upon hitting the water.

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xj85 TIL you can be too fat to go to jail
pkrN TIL that in 1987, FBI agent Robert Hanssen was tasked by his superiors to find a mole within the agency after the FBI’s moles in the KGB were caught. In reality, he was the mole, working with the KGB since 1979.
XEa9Q TIL That in WW2, during the recapture of Kiska, Alaska, the Allies suffered 313 casualties from friendly fire and booby traps despite the fact that the Japanese had already completely withdrawn days ago
a80Vy TIL Sprite was originally a Fanta flavor. In 1959 Fanta released a lemon-lime flavor, and it was rebranded & became Sprite in 1961.
5NVn TIL That there are only two countries in the world without paid maternity leave. Papua New Guinea, and… The United States.