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v67B TIL a man rode a jetski over the brink of the Niagra Falls to promote awareness for the homeless. His parachute did not open and he ended up promoting better parachutes. He plunged to his death and his body was never recovered. An Egyptian tourist captured a amazing image.
9YLJQ TIL Woodrow Wilson gave immense power to his son-in-law William Gibbs McAdoo and appointed him U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and presided over the Federal Reserve
VKVB TIL as a teenager, Puccini stole organ pipes from his town’s cathedral and sold them to buy cigarettes. As church organist, he rearranged the music to avoid playing the missing notes
7rbDp TIL a "Power Ranger" has spent 2 hrs a day helping Tokyo subway riders lug heavy packages and baby strollers up the station stairs, as it has no elevators nor escalators. He said: "Japanese people find it hard to accept help, they feel obligated to the other person, so the mask really helps me out."
dDVG9 TIL Mobster Al Capone Ran a Soup Kitchen During the Great Depression and served free meals to thousands of unemployed people every day.