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TIL of Betty Anne Waters, a woman who become a lawyer and spent 16 years trying to free her brother from an undeserved life sentence - and succeeded

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ewVn TIL the person Douglas Adams described in his book as the “worst poet in the universe” actually exists.
pogZ TIL a US Army Lieutenant in WW2 sacrificed his life by calling an artillery strike – on himself. Knowing an incoming German advance was a huge threat, he volunteered to remain behind, directing the fire until the enemy reached him. His body was found next to approx. 100 dead German troops.
4kml6 TIL that in 1918 the USGS determined the geographic center of the contiguous United States by balancing a cardboard cutout of the country and determined it to be accurate within 20 miles.
9YmNM TIL that Peter Pan's copyright was donated to a children's hospital in London.
Opg4 TIL within 6 months of the 2016 Rio Olympics; the Maracana Stadium was abandoned, had its power cut off, was invaded by worms and was missing nearly 10% of the stadium’s 78,000 seats