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TIL in 2007 a man was named “greatest traveller on Earth”, after visiting every country and territory in the world between 1955 and 2005

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ydl TIL Frano Selak survived a train derailing into a river, a bus crashing and falling into another river, falling off a plane whose doors had blown off and living by landing on a hay stack, got hit by a bus, and survived a car explosion twice, and was then lucky enough to win the lottery in 2004.
ow78 TIL Producers of the Big Bang Theory discovered a nearly identical show called “The Theorists” being produced and broadcast in the country of Belarus. Legal action wasn’t necessary because when the actors found out it was a rip-off they all quit and it was cancelled.
wL61o TIL Over 30000 people have purchased alien abduction insurance.
9w57p TIL N. Korea reportedly executed one of its defense chiefs by anti-aircraft gunfire because they fell asleep.
N7mjQ TIL In 1878, a spark ignited airborne flour dust within the Minneapolis Washburn A Mill creating an explosion that killed 18 workers. The ensuing fire killed four people and destroyed five other mills. The explosion made national news and led to reforms in the milling industry.