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TIL that Ernest Hemingway survived plane crashes on two consecutive days

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NXYYP TIL that the earlier dominance of boxer Roy Jones Jr counted against him late in his boxing career against Joe Calzaghe. Calzaghe cut Jones Jr and because Jones’s corner team had never witnessed this before, they were unable to handle it effectively, leaving Jones covered in blood.
nWyob TIL about the Darien scheme - an attempted Scottish colony that lost nearly a quarter of their wealth, playing a large role in the joining Great Britain in the Acts of Union 1707
Rv9 TIL a group of British librarians ranked “To Kill a Mockingbird” ahead of the Bible as the book everyone should read before they die
pbVp TIL that the civil rights song “Strange Fruit” made famous by Billie Holiday and Nina Simone was written by a white, Jewish, New York high school teacher who was a member of the Communist Party.
R519 TIL in Japan, it is so common for people to die alone undiscovered for long periods, that they have a term for it, “Kodokushi”. “Their bodies lie in places undiscovered for long periods of time, and because of this, thick, dark stains shaped like a human body are left where their bodies once lay.”