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TIL that there have been multiple people adrift at sea who have lived over a year with no supplies other than what the ocean had to offer. Through their own ingenuity and perseverance they survived.

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x68L5 TIL about Garibaldi, an Italian general who led 1,000 volunteers in the unification of Italy, outnumbered 90 to 1 and commanding just a few stolen tugboats, he managed to land in Sicily, incite the people there to revolt and ultimately destroyed the state of Two Sicilies in less than 2 years.
m1Zvv TIL that the 1961 film Barabbas, depicting the life of the titular Biblical figure, depicted the solar eclipse that allegedly occurred after Jesus's crucifixion by simply filming during an actual solar eclipse
W7d9B TIL Sonora Carver; one of the first female horse divers, continued horse diving for 11 more years after being blinded from hitting the water with open eyes off of Atlantic City's Steel Pier. Horse diving was a stunt where a horse would be ridden off a 40-60 foot tower into a body of water.
wLYvJ TIL that astronauts who return to Earth after a long time in space drop things in mid-air and expect them to float.
QJMmX There's actually a reason, we promise.