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TIL about Hans Steininger, the mayor of Braunau am Inn, (now in Austria) who died in 1567 after tripping over his own 4.5-foot beard during a town fire panic. Normally tucked in a pocket, the beard came loose, leading him to fall down some stairs and break his neck.

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jNEWn TIL the 'Indestructrible' Nicholas Alkemade survived an 18K ft fall from crashing bomber in 1944 completely unharmed. After WW2 while working at a chemical plant he survived: a 15 min exposure to chlorine gas, being sprayed with sulphuric acid, and having a 9ft steel pole fall on him.
P87n TIL there is a temple in India where women come to shave their heads as part of a religious ceremony. After they leave, the temple sells the hair to companies that make hair extensions.
yQeZM TIL Japan is about 8 feet closer to the US, caused by the magnitude 8.9 earthquake in 2011. It was Japan’s largest earthquake and the 4th most powerful in global recorded history.
1eNr TIL the Racial Integrity Act of 1924 required that a racial description of every person be recorded at birth and divided society into only two classifications: white and colored. It also expanded Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage by criminalizing all marriages between whites and non-whites
e0Ky6 Yes. Shaved legs worth about 70 sec over 40km.