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TIL New York City didn't overtake London as the 'Financial Capital of the World' until 2019

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mxXnE TIL about Joe Delaney, an NFL running back for the Kansas City Chiefs, who died trying to save 3 drowning children in 1983. Just before running in, he told a bystander “I can't swim good, but I've got to save those kids.”
OoZrY TIL Brazil could not afford to send its athletes to Los Angeles for the 1932 Summer Olympics. So they sent coffee bags with them which the athletes had to sell along the way to fund their own travel.
worXW TIL About The Pig War, a confrontation in 1859 between the United States and the United Kingdom over the British–U.S. border in the San Juan Islands, so called because it was triggered by the shooting of a pig.
plGO TIL When a mental health facility in New Jersey caught fire, a newspaper ran the headline “Roasted Nuts”
KONy6 TIL Stone-stacking is popular amongst Instagrammers, but can seriously harm wildlife including oystercatcher birds.