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TIL about Chuck Costello, an elevator mechanic who died on 9/11 while he was rescuing people trapped in elevators.

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LkMd0 TIL after his bomber was hit, RAF gunner Nicholas Alkemade decided to jump from 18,000 feet without a parachute, just moments before his bomber blew up. He landed on top of a snow cover and survived with only a twisted knee. The Germans were so impressed they certified the story as being authentic.
KOYMw TIL that while wolves are pack animals, dogs are not.
aAZN TIL that Marilyn Manson did a cover of Suicide Is Painless, the theme song to the TV show MAS*H, and said the song was “more depressing and offensive than anything I’ve written.”
wLEk8 TIL in 2004 215 restaurants in the Chinese province of Guizhou were closed after being charged with lacing their food with opium to make customers addicted. In 2016, 35 restaurants in the entire country were found doing the same thing.
9wbXm TIL Elephants can distinguish human voices by sex, age, ethnicity, and language.