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TIL Felix Baumgartner’s skydiving record was shattered just a few months ago by a Google Exec

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1aeWD TIL of the Battle of Ramree Island in which the Allies launched an attack to retake Ramree and its neighbour Cheduba Island. There were reports of Japanese soldiers being eaten by saltwater crocodiles.
16wGD TIL that, at least in Britain, many beers are produced using isinglass (dried fish swim bladders) as a method of clarification and are not strictly vegetarian
e0o9J TIL that while dining out at Lord Harcourt's residence at Nuneham in 1848 William Buckland was shown a silver locket containing an object resembling pumice stone. He popped the object in his mouth, and swallowed it. It was in fact part of the mummified heart of Louis XIV of France.