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TIL J.R.R. Tolkien considered Samwise Gamgee to be the “true hero” of the Lord of the Rings

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OGJb1 TIL free range chickens sleep in trees
ANVAn TIL about Sadako Sasaki (1943–1955). She was two years old when Hiroshima was bombed and was severely irradiated. She survived for another ten years before dying from leukemia caused by radiation exposure. She is remembered for folding over a thousand origami cranes before her death.
OowN6 TIL the celebrity crooner Frank Sinatra not only was tied up to the mob for life as they had helped him with his career, but he also owned casino's at Lake Tahoe and elsewhere in the area.
awQ1Z TIL that POWs in Colditz, Germany, made a gentleman's agreement with prison guards that they would not use borrowed tools to make their escape.
b6DEQ TIL there’s a really good reason why we don’t see any 58 year old fighters in the world of legitimate professional boxing.