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TIL about Oskar Speck; a German man who paddled by folding kayak from Germany to Australia from 1932-1939 only to be arrested as a POW upon arrival.

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R7Oxl TIL that while Sonora Smart Dodd heard a church sermon about Mother’s Day she felt that fatherhood needed recognition as well. She approached a church and suggested June 5th (her father’s birthday) as the day of honour for fathers. The church chose the third Sunday in June to be Father’s Day.
Meedm TIL the final speech by Gregory Peck in To Kill a Mockingbird was done in one take.
W79GL TIL Metallica has its own philanthropic organization called All Within My Hands devoted to "creating sustainable communities by supporting workforce education, the fight against hunger, and other critical local services."
nWvZo TIL - Sixty Years Ago, NASA Scientists Found That Women Would Be Better Astronauts. Their Work Was Never Published.
ObK4 TIL the 12 days of Christmas refers to the 12 days following Christmas, not the 12 days preceding Christmas