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TIL about Aimo Koivunen, a Finnish ski commando who in 1944 escaped from pursuing Russians by taking 30 pills of Pervitin. He skied for 400 kilometers in -20C temperatures with no food and ammunition, got injured by a landmine, and had a pulse rate of 200 beats per minute by the time he was found.

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bO9a TIL Weird Al Yankovic skipped two grades and was Valedictorian of his senior class
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PYw9g TIL American Football is the 9th most popular sport in the world. It is beaten by both Volleyball and Table Tennis.
M7J4m Today I learned that Taylor Swift wrote the song "Teardrops on My Guitar" about one of her classmates, Drew Hardwick, who was later arrested in 2015 for aggravated child abuse.
rNRdW TIL that your pupils dilate and constrict if you just think about things that are bright and dark, rather than see light. They also change size in response to arousal and effort, and pupil size could determine if someone has aphantasia.