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TIL Charles Barkley was friends with, and went - unannounced - to the funeral of, a cat litter scientist

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0wE0A TIL Sindberg is virtually unknown in his home country of Denmark but considered a folk hero in China where he is estimated to have saved 20.000 during the Nanjing massacre. Armed only with the Danish flag he held off the Japanese from entering the makeshift shelter he set up in a cement factory.
Z8v4 TIL that Jimmy Carter left nuclear launch codes in his suit when it was sent in for dry cleaning
Qlpa TIL In 1939, a five year old girl successfully gave birth and is still alive today
LabP TIL, aged 12, Margaret Thatcher saved pocket money to help pay for a Jewish girl escaping Nazi Germany, whom her family provided sanctuary during WWII
ywyp TIL that cats have a non-lethal terminal velocity, so they can survive falls from very large heights