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TIL Lifeguard instructor Keith Good claimed he “wasn’t on the clock” and refused to administer CPR to a drowned 13 year old.

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e0jjD TIL of the Battle of Gate Pā in 1864 where Maori troops defeated a British force six times larger.
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vP68L TIL that Narendra Dabholkar, an Indian rationalist, who was assassinated by two gunmen, was cremated without any religious rites by his family. His daughter, and not son, lit the pyre, which was a departure from tradition where the son performs this duty.
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