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TIL many Olympic athletes are either broke or working 9–to-5 jobs outside of their training.

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lojEA TIL of the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion, an all-black airborne unit. Instead of overseas deployment, they fought wildfires started by Japanese balloon bombs on the US west coast. The "Triple Nickles" parachuted directly into affected areas for half the fires they fought.
gMWj9 TIL: If you choose cremation, you can have your ashes made into a rock to form the base of an “eternal memorial reef” so that you can help coral reefs bloom after you’ve died.
mxKQP TIL that Vera Lynn, famous for “We’ll Meet Again” and immortalized in Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”, outlived the writer of her New York Times obituary by 4 years.
5YmBr [TIL] that Nigel Richards, a former French Scrabble Champion, doesn't speak or understand French
D18dv TIL in 1915 the Boy Scouts created a secret society with its own symbols, handshakes, and private rituals. It was eventually named "Order of the Arrow" and was inspired by Native American and Masonic culture. Their society was also influenced by the poem "Hiawatha" and novel "Last of the Mohicans".