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TIL that an expert parachutist fell to his death when he jumped from a plane, without realizing that he wasn’t wearing a parachute

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a8j5A TIL about the 'Pig War' of 1859, where the only casualty was a single pig. The conflict started when an American settler shot a British pig that was eating his potatoes on the disputed San Juan Islands, almost leading to war between the US and Britain.
4kVWw TIL about the Japanese Farmer-Labour Party - a socialist party in 1920s Japan that was dissolved by authorities only 2 hours after it was created.
p8eQA TIL That In 1996 during an SAS training exercise 21 year old Bear Grylls broke his back after falling from 16,000 feet due to a torn parachute. His surgeon said it was questionable whether he would ever walk again. 2 years later he climbed Mt. Everest
aJdL TIL there are about 200,000 Africans in the city of Guangzhou, China, their number increasing by 30-40% every year, the area they live in is now called “Chocolate City” by locals
N4a8 TIL Al Capone pioneered the concept of “sell by” dates.