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TIL that the Sand Dollar is a living organism

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5YQ4B TIL A man who survived a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge but broke his back on impact was saved from drowning by a sea lion who kept him afloat until rescuers could reach him.
e6yE TIL that the czech secret police used fake border posts to convince refugees they successfully fled the country. Afterwards they were interviewed by fake US personal to find out who else wanted to flee. A lot of refugees were talked into leaving the country by agent provocateurs to begin with
7rV1Z TIL The Viking Rollo, first ruler of Normandy, was called "Gaange Rolf" or "Walking Rolf" because he was too heavy for any horses to carry and had to walk everywhere
rl4y TIL that big band composer/musician Glenn Miller went missing in action in 1944 and no trace of him has ever been found
lQoG TIL in WWII,Germans tank drivers in Africa would drive tanks over camel poop for luck. Allies responded by planting land mines disguised as camel dung. Germans got wind of this and began riding over dung that was already overrun with tank tracks. In turn, Allies made mines looking like overrun dung