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TIL there are 558,000 USA WWII veterans still alive today.

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nedZb TIL: A guy called Arnold Potter who thought he was Jesus rode a donkey to the edge of the bluffs, whereupon he leapt off the edge intending to "ascend," but instead fell to his death. His body was collected and buried by his followers.
4k9X5 TIL Danny Devito made a deal with Quentin tarantino for his second film despite never having seen Reservoir Dogs. Danny said: "It was just about him. I liked the way he was talking about it. The guy was just so cool. It seemed simple to me.”
ZnpQ TIL Finland has been pioneering a form of deciding upon public policy where people actually think through the problems at issue, ponder on them, consider solutions, test a few of them, and then implement the best.
lMyN TIL of Bishnu Shrestha, a retired Gurkha soldier, who was aboard a train attacked by a group of 40 thieves. When the thieves attempted to rape a passenger next to him, he pulled out his khukuri, proceeding to kill three of the attackers and injuring 8 more before the rest fled.
epZ6n TIL that the day before 9/11, a Canadian named Evan Kuz, visited the World Trade Center with a young woman he met. He stayed at the WTC before the observation deck was closed and was the last to go up before 9/11. He donated his stub to the 9/11 Memorial & Museum in 2009.