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TIL that photographer Yousuf Karsh used a joke from the Pope to make Mandela feel comfortable for a photo shoot

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m11kx TIL That in the early 1900’s the large room in the front of the house was known as the “death room” because funerals were held there. It wasn’t until after the pandemic of 1918 that a magazine suggest the name change to “Living Room”.
69XKY TIL the hummingbird is the only bird able to fly backwards
ZpER TIL that 95% of people who experience a plane crash actually survive
ZaDD TIL Donald Crowhurst committed suicide after attempting to fake a solo circumnavigation of the globe. His decent into insanity while alone at sea for 8 months was captured in the chilling ships logs he left behind.
ELX0 TIL that during O.J. Simpson’s 1995 verdict announcement for murder, long-distance calls declined by 58%, trading on the New York Stock Exchange decreased by 41%, water usage decreased, and there was an estimated $480 million in lost productivity due to work stopping