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TIL Europe's 2003 heat wave killed 70,000+ people. In France, 15,000 died as morgues overflowed — forcing authorities to store bodies in refrigerated trucks

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ALvd TIL in 2010 a homeless man saved a woman from a knife attack in New York. He was stabbed trying to help, yet still chased the assailant before collapsing from his wounds. CCTV cameras captured over 20 people walk past him. Some stared, none helped. He later died on the sidewalk where he fell.
jNR4X TIL that Ed Sheeran never sells front row seats in order to see the real fans right in front of him. He gives them away to random fans outside so the front row isn't always just wealthy people.
16Rvd TIL that Kai Ryssdal, host of NPR's 'Marketplace', was a US naval aviator and Pentagon staff officer attaining the rank of Lieutenant. Afterwards, he worked at a Borders bookstore for $7/hr
X05V6 TIL that Pantone maintains the USDA color standards for french fries. French fry color standards can be used to program deep fryers.
J16g4 TIL about Vesna Vulović who survived a 6.3-mile fall after a bomb destroyed the plane she was a flight attendant on