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TIL there is a charity that buys up mortgages that have gone to collection for pennies on the dollar, then frees the homeowners of the debt. They’ve erased more than $14M so far!

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ARgl TIL that following the release of The Godfather, James Caan, who played Sonny, was so closely identified with his role that he won “Italian of the Year” twice in New York, even though he isn’t Italian.
W7QDB TIL about Juliane Koepcke. At age 17 she survived alone 11 days in a rainforest, becoming the only survivor of the LANSA 508 crash. The plane was struck by lightning & broke apart in flight scattering more than a dozen passengers. Her unorthodox education allowed her to survive the hard journey out.
9oGG TIL that the “bubonic plague” was a specific way of dying from the plague wherein lymph nodes would swell into lumps called “bubos.” This is also the origin of bruises being called “boo-boos.”
R70O7 TIL the preatorian guard held an auction for the roman emperorship. Didius Julianus,drunk from the night before had to be dragged from bed by his wife and daughter. He arrived late and was not allowed entry to the building the auction was taking place so he yelled his offer from outside. He won
kO4k1 TIL in 2006, Katie Melua gave a concert at 303 meters below sea level in one of the legs of the "Troll A" oil rig, earning a Guinness record for "deepest underwater concert"