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TIL that Michael Rockerfeller is rumored to have died and eaten by cannibals during an expedition to New Guinea but previously unreleased footage from this documentary may prove he is alive and living with the native tribe.

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d0xK TIL Frank Hayes was a jockey who, in 1923, suffered a fatal heart attack in the midst of a race at Belmont Park in New York. His horse finished and won the race with his lifeless body still atop, making him the first, and thus far, only, jockey to win a race after death
5Yv0D TIL Ben Nyaumbe survived being constricted by an African Rock Python for 3 hours. He bit the snake, smothered it with his shirt, was dragged up a tree by the snake and ultimately was rescued by Law Officials with the help of a rope
9Ynrm TIL in 1979 the company Shell pressed a release of The Beatles' album Help! with the Shell logo added on the cover and gave the records to their managers and staff.
6xNQ TIL the way Helsinki survived WW2. In 1944 the USSR began a massive air attack on the city to force Finland to leave the war. Finns used fires and searchlights to trick Soviet bombers into dropping bombs outside the city. Russian diplomats were surprised to find an intact Helsinki after the war.
neMn9 TIL it has been 27 years since a Canadian team has won the Stanley cup. With the Montreal Canadiens in 1993. The last opportunity a Canadian team had to win the cup was in 2011, when the Vancouver Canucks lost in game 7 to the Boston Bruins.