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TIL of Shavarsh Karapetyan, a world champion swimmer who after finishing his routine 12 mile run heard a bus crash into a lake. He then swam down 33 ft and one by one saved 20 passengers. After receiving multiple wounds, he was in a coma for 46 days, which subsequently ended his professional career.

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N7W68 TIL that even though Canada did not participate in the Vietnam war, some Canadians volunteered to fight alongside the US. 134 of them lost their lives in the war.
KyBJ TIL in 2006, David Copperfield used slight of hand to trick armed robbers into believing he had nothing even though he was carrying his passport, wallet, and cellphone.
v1E9r TIL That Eric Church was fired from being Rascal Flatts opening act for playing too long, and was replaced by Taylor Swift, which started her career. She gave Church her first gold record as a thanks for getting fired.
awgoZ TIL that introversion and extroversion is a spectrum with "ambiversion" in the center. An ambivert is moderately comfortable with groups and social interaction, but also relishes time alone, away from a crowd.
mPky TIL of an experiment where monkeys were introduced to the concept of money. Soon after some of them turned into thieves, prostitutes and even a “bank robber”.