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TIL of Lorenc Peter Elfred Freuchen was a 6’7” tall walrus-spearing, peg-legged, anti-Semite-clobbering Danish explorer and badass old-school 1900s explorer who escaped certain death by molding his own faeces into a knife and using it to carve through a solid wall of ice.

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jNEkR TIL A Cambridge University study found that people who frequently take day-time naps of an hour or longer tend to die younger than those who forego mid-day sleeping. The team thinks it's most likely an underlying health condition that is both causing fatigue, leading to naps and shaving years off
VMQW0 Today I learned about a group of 6 adult male lions that formed a coalition and took over 7,000 acres of land, killed over 100 other lions, and practiced cannabalism for over 16 years.
rRw8W TIL that in the 1980s Janet Jackson was criticized for not writing her own music and being dependent on producers. In response, she wrote and co-produced every song on her following album, which ended up being her best-selling album ever.
neOeo TIL about The Roaring Lion, a famous photograph of Winston Churchill in which the photographer intentionally got Churchill to scowl by snatching his cigar right out of his hand.
v1PrR TIL when George Westinghouse fell into financial problems and asked Nikola Tesla for relief from the royalties Westinghouse agreed to, Tesla tore up the contract that would bring him millions. "I'm not interested in money, I'm interested in leaving something behind for the humankind".