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TIL a girl sacrificed her life in the 2011 Tohono tsunami to warn people of the oncoming tsunami and saved 10,000 peoples’ lives

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grMyy TIL Kids used to come up to Theodor Seuss Geisel's door saying that they want to meet Dr. Seuss. They didn't believe it when Geisel said "I'm Dr. Seuss", staring until his wife gave them cookies. Geisel had a fear of audiences, often declining requests to appear in public
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4Pgg TIL Thomas Jefferson’s tombstone lists some of his greatest accomplishments, but leaves out the fact that he was the President of the United States.