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TIL about Pole Sitting Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly was the most famous of the sitters.

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YpKVB TIL of Hellenism, the modern day revival of the ancient Greek religion
GYr07 TIL each year, over 100 firefighters are arrested for arson. This comes from a report by the National Volunteer Fire Council. Some of the offenders seem to be motivated by boredom, or by the prospect of receiving attention for responding to the fires they have set.
kEJE TIL of Margaret Abbott, a woman who competed in and won a golf tournament in Paris. After her death, it was discovered that this tournament was part of the poorly-organized 1900 Olympics. She never knew she was an Olympian.
5lpD TIL a man renovated a three story hotel specifically to kill people. It included stairways to nowhere and a maze of over 100 windowless rooms. He killed as many as 200 people in it. The skeletons of his victims were sold to medical schools.
Wk754 TIL that the Earth casts its shadow onto the atmosphere. It is visible during twilight as a blue or purple band just above the horizon.