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TIL Shavarsh Karapetyan, a retired Professional Swimmer, saved 20 people that got trapped in frigid, sewage infested waters. His career as a professional swimmer ended after this heroic act due to 2 sided pneumonia and blood contamination that put him in a coma. Now he sells shoes for a living.

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Z8jR4 TIL about William Castle, a producer /director know for his unusual promotional gimmicks, such as wiring theater seats to vibrate and shake during the climax of his movie and setting up a booth for people to get refunds during a movie’s “Fright Break” if they were too scared to see the ending
4Nww TIL Stephen Hawking guest starred in an Episode of Star Trek, as himself, playing a game of poker with Albert Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton and Data.
OolgL TIL Owners of sports teams are allowed to write their players' contracts off as depreciating assets in order to obtain huge tax benefits.
dDw7K TIL that there is no recorded origin for who created the party horn but the world record for the most people blowing the party horn at the same time is held by 6,091 in Japan on 11/21/2009
DG1P TIL Henry Ford was an honorary Nazi and his first company later became Cadillac