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TIL Natalia Molchanova, the "world's most decorated free diver" ever, disappeared while diving off the coast of Spain and has never been found.

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Pkoe TIL that the meals mentioned by Pippin in Lord of the Rings (breakfast, second breakfast, brunch, elevenses, lunch, tea, dinner, supper, and snack) are considered actual meal times.
dD4gZ TIL while filming “The Other Side Of The Wind” in 1970, director Orson Welles was unable to afford to pay his cinematographer Gary Graver for his work. Instead, Welles gave Graver his Oscar statuette that he had won for Best Original Screenplay for “Citizen Kane” in 1941.
Wkvk4 TIL of Episcopal civil rights martyr Jonathan Myrick Daniels. Daniels was murdered by a shotgun-wielding county deputy named Tom Coleman in Hayneville, Alabama, while in the act of shielding 17-year-old Ruby Sales. He saved the life of the young Black civil rights activist.
wGkM TIL ex-Army veteran from California was arrested for driving to Detroit’s largest mosque with a trunk full of explosives. The mainstream media has completely ignored this story.
rNLkx TIL in 1893, large calaverite deposits were found in Kalgoorlie Australia, but was believed to be akin to fool's gold. It was used for town construction. In 1896 it was realized that calaverite contained actual gold, so nearly all structures created in the prior 3 years was demolished for its gold.