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TIL a fireman in Thailand dressed up as Spiderman to coax a superhero-loving autistic boy from a window ledge.

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b96j7 TIL in 2015 James McElvar, a Scotsman, decided to wear all the clothes from his bag (12 layers of clothing!) during a flight to avoid taking the bag and paying a £45 baggage fee. He fell ill during the flight; paramedics said he was "lucky to be alive".
KOGaa TIL of Marthe Cohn, a French holocaust survivor who served as a spy for the French army. In November 1944, she manipulated a SS officer into divulging the location of the Germany army, allowing the allies to avoid a major ambush. At 100, she is still alive today.
0wvoy TIL Since the introduction of the smart phone depression rates among teens has increased more than 60% and suicide rates have increased 56%.
xVnoB TIL that this month, this year is the 2500tg anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae, when King Leonidas famously led his 300 Spartans against the Persian King Xerxes’ forces of around 300,000
grZ9 TIL a man bought what he thought was an empty shipping container, only to discover that it contained a turbine engine from a naval destroyer, with a value of $2 million.