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TIL Muhammad Ali talked a suicidal man off the ledge in 1981 and stopped him from taking his own life

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RGxl TIL that 7 months after Russia declared war on Germany in 1914, a small band of Georgian warriors from a remote part of Georgia clad in medieval armor rode into the capital of Tiflis and up to the governor’s palace, reporting for military duty, stating: “We hear there’s a war” “Where’s the war”
E1m6W TIL that thanks to a technicality in a 1912 treaty, Japanese nationals were entitled to work in the Netherlands without a permit between 2014 and 2017
78ZZZ TIL in South Vietnam during the Buddhist crisis, a hugely oversized carp was found in a small pond. It was believed to be a reincarnation of one of Buddha's disciples, and the Catholic government ordered it mined and machine gunned, which it survived. This catapulted the fish's fame to new heights
W7GAN TIL The Moon's Orbit is WEIRD
l7vdr TIL You should not cook raw beans in a slow cooker.