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TIL Soviet scientists defended the world’s largest seed bank during the 28 month Siege of Leningrad when it couldn’t be evacuated. 9 scientists starved, surrounded by tons of crops and fruit, refusing to destroy ‘the future of Russia’.

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GAeLJ TIL There has been only one Female Medal of Honor Recipient: Dr. Mary Edwards Walker
Zk8G TIL Bob Denver (aka Gilligan from Gilligan’s Island) is the great grandson of James W. Denver, the man for whom the city of Denver CO is named.
jmMj TIL that a da Vinci painting “Madonna of the Yarwinder” was stolen from Drumlanrig Castle by two thieves posing as tourists who claimed to be undercover police. It was found four years later in a lawyer’s office in Glasgow.
0wxrL TIL Edwin Flack is Australia's first and sole Olympic Gold Medalist in the 1896 Olympic in Greece, before Australia was even an official country (1901). With no flag, national anthem or uniform; he simply competed in his Melbourne Grammar School banner and singlet.
p8ZbO TIL about Aimo Koivunen, who overdosed on methamphetamine in WW2 while evading Soviet forces and ended up skiing 100km during the night losing his squad, ammunition and food supplies