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TIL about Frank’s sign, a crease that may form on your earlobe that can be a sign of poor cardiovascular health

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Y7OpA TIL about "Operation Cat Drop" in 1959, where the British Royal Air Force airdropped cats into Borneo to control a rat infestation.
N7bmb Today I learned about the great Joe Rollino. A Coney Island strongman who advocated for healthy living ahead of his time. Bent a quarter on his 103rd birthday - using his teeth. He died at age 104 when he was hit by a minivan during one of his daily walks in Brooklyn.
8abGG TIL Some historians consider the American Revolution to actually have been more of a civil war between pro-British and anti-British settlers.
oROlK TIL 71 year old Bernard Gore was supposed to meet his wife and daughter in a mall in Sydney after first doing a little shopping himself. Instead, he exited a mall door leading to a stairwell labyrinth and was found dead 3 weeks later failing to find his way out.
EgVY0 TIL of Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721) who was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean.