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TIL about Lucy Salani, who was the only transgender person to have survived imprisonment and torture in the Nazi concentration camps.

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d8eZd TIL that Glenn K. Tripp, a D.B Cooper copycat, hijacked a plane for a $600k ransom. He had his drink spiked with Valium by a flight attendant, and after a 10 hour standoff, lowered his ransom to 3 cheeseburgers and a head start on a getaway.
x6Pyo TIL the largest difference between the time zones of two countries is 26 hours
ADaKo TIL about the Tinkerbell effect that states “things that are thought to exist only because people believe in them.” There is also a reverse Tinkerbell effect. It pertains to everything from religion to politics.
oRx0E TIL a boy was hit in the head with a foul ball during a televised game, rather than wait for EMTS to arrive, Jim Rice Ran into the stands and took him into the clubhouse, where he was immediately treated by the team's medical staff. He is credited with saving the boy's life.
GD6E TIL Jason David Frank (green power ranger) is actually a 7th degree black belt, a pro MMA fighter, developed his own style of karate, & held the world record for most pine boards broken in free fall.