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TIL ‘Double Rainbow Guy' Paul Vasquez has died :(

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1ayKr TIL that in 2017, a Tinder profile was created for Sudan, the last male Northern White Rhino describing him as the ‘most eligible bachelor in the world’. His profile started with the line “I’m one of a kind”. He was euthanized on 19 March 2018, after suffering from age-related complications.
D1PbD TIL: In 1745 Hannah Snell joined the British Army by disguising herself as a man, she managed to keep her gender a secret even though she received 500 lashes and was shot in the groin. After her service she revealed her identity and was eventually awarded a military pension.
wkWE TIL that Ayn Rand, upon her retirement, went onto Social Security and Medicare.
yV7KX TIL about the Nail Men of Austro-Hungary and Germany, large wooden effigies people would pay to drive nails into, the most famous maybe 'Iron Hindenburg' adjacent to the Victory Column in Berlin.
jDVE TIL In 1987, a guy bought a lifetime unlimited first class American Airlines ticket for $250,000. He flew over 10,000 flights costing the company $21,000,000. They terminated his ticket in 2008.