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TIL that a carpenter from Lowa used his life savings to send 33 strangers to college. He grew up poor and had no wife or child of his own. He went to work every and thanks to his efforts he saved up almost 3mil "I never got the opportunity to go to college. So, I'd like to help kids go to college."

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epA6 TIL That in 2009 a 15 year old girl was gang raped for 2 and a half hours during a school dance while 20 people watched and up to 10 participating. Not one of them called the police during the act.
wom4o TIL of Malik Ambar (1548 – 1626), a black man enslaved in the horn of Africa, converted to Islam, brought to India and freed upon his master's death. From there he would create a successful mercenary army, pioneer guerillera warfare, and become a prime minister known for his administrative skill.
pMnA TIL Joe Pyne once started his interview with Frank Zappa by saying “So I guess your long hair makes you a woman.” to which Zappa responded “So I guess your wooden leg makes you a table!”
oB1jY TIL a study conducted at the University of Montreal showed that young people who played the 1996 game Super Mario 64 for just two months had increased spatial and episodic memory, which improves brain capacity and helping to forestall dementia.
QJWOd TIL that sloths don't fart. Their metabolism is so slow that they absorb methane through their bloodstream and breathe it out.