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TIL about Onfim, a small boy from Novogorod who lived in the 13th century. Some of his writing exercises and drawings have survived on 17 separate pieces of birch bark. He drew horses and knights and messages to his friends. Nothing else is known of his life or his fate.

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v1O58 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.
awy60 TIL that the famous mobster Al Capone sponsored a soup kitchen during the great depression. On average, his charity would feed about 2,200 Chicagoans 3 meals per day. No second helpings were denied. No questions were asked, and no one was asked to prove their need.
gQWA TIL that there’s an organization called “419 Eater” which is dedicated to wasting the time of scammers by pretending to fall for their scams.
45Vw TIL the actress who played Vina/Orion Slave Girl in the Original Star Trek’s ‘The Menagerie’ was on a plane that suddenly dropped fr 35,000ft to 6,000ft. To recover, she learned how to fly & became the 4th woman to fly a single-engine aircraft solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She is Susan Oliver.
X6Ar TIL That the show Australia’s naughtiest home video show has the record for the quickest cancelation at 23 minutes. The owner of the network was quoted as saying “Get this s*** off the air”