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TIL of Armenian Shavarsh Karapetyan swimming athlete, had numerous incredible heroic saves, one in 1976 rescuing 20 people from a bus that fell into a river. This act ended his professional career due to severe injuries sustained.

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RoA8 TIL in 1983, a small town in Missouri was permanently evacuated after high levels of dioxin was discovered in soil samples. It was discovered that a man hired to oil the dirt roads to keep dust down had used waste from a company making Agent Orange.
8eNaX TIL the CIA considered making a deepfake video of Saddam Hussein “cavorting with a teenage boy” in an effort to destabilize the country before the US invasion.
W7QM9 TIL Birds have mitochondria in their red blood cells, and during winter months there is more mitochondria and said mitochondria produce more heat. In at least some species this helps warm them up during that time of year.
j6VMX TIL: In China wearing a green hat is a sign of mockery and telling someone they wear a green hat is an insult. This signifies that the person is a cuck. One reason is that during the Yuen dynasty, family members of prostitutes had to wear green headscarves so the public can identify and avoid them.
rRejy TIL the time between the first and last dynasty of ancient Egypt is more than 1000 years longer than between the last dynasty and now