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TIL that Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the earth in 240BC

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ANXY7 TIL WW1 Ace Of Aces Pilot Eddie Rickenbacker was once stranded at sea for 24 days and survived by eating a seagull that landed on his head.
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KOpKB TIL in nightclubs in Ireland in the 80's & 90's the music had to be turned off and lights turned on half ways through the night because the nightclub had to serve a substantial meal by law so the clubs could keep their alcohol licence
8eYkL TIL in Dec 1943, the B-24 Leon Crane was copiloting experienced engine failure & crashed into an Alaskan mountaintop. He was the only survivor of the 5 crew after he managed to bail in time. He then survived 84 days in the wilderness starting with only some matches, a Boy Scout knife & his parachute
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