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TIL that in 1849, Henry “Box” Brown, a 33 year-old slave born in slavery, mailed himself to freedom in a 3'x2'x2'8" (91x61x81cm) wooden crate. To get a day off, he burned his hand to the bone with sulfuric acid. Brown paid 86$ to be shipped from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia in 27 hours.

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OGVkg TIL according to the (US) National Earthquake Information Center there are approximately 20,000 earthquakes around the globe each year, or 55 per day, with about 16 major earthquakes in any given year.
Dkvr TIL of The Shaggs, a tone deaf and musically inept musical group from the 60s who were formed by their father, who was convinced they would one day become famous. They produced one album, Philosophy of the World, that, over time, became a highly sought after oddity by record collectors.
DmvP TIL that at midnight on Dec 30th, 1899, a ship positioned itself at the intersection of the date line and equator, such that the bow and stern occupied different seasons, hemispheres, days, years, and centuries. For the ship, Dec 31st never occurred.
69BXX TIL hippos have very little subcutaneous fat. Their 2,000kgs body is mostly made up of muscles, and 6-centimeter thick skin
b90rj TIL John Lennon had a temper so volatile, nearly anything could set him off. One night, it exploded in an incident that ended up damaging his 4 year-old son’s hearing. Sean, who was playing with food, got a yelling so bad he had to go to the hospital.