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TIL that not only does regularly donating blood help others, but it has shown to reduce the risk of heart attacks by 88%

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7ZAL TIL In 1918 A black man named Laurence C Jones survived a lynching attempt from a White mob by convincing them of his passion to educate Black kids. The mob ended up collecting money for his cause.
BP0W TIL in 2012, thieves stole $30 million in maple syrup from Canada’s strategic maple syrup reserve
LQYP TIL that the world’s most expensive house has a pvt theater, terrace gardens, parking for 168 cars, 3 heli-pads, snow room, is 27 storeys high, has a 600+ staff costs +$1bn & is located in Mumbai, India. All this for a family of 5.
eovg TIL of Equatorial Guinea’s 1975 Christmas Eve massacre, in which roughly 150 political dissenters were executed in a stadium by soldiers wearing Santa Claus costumes to the tune of Mary Hopkin’s “Those Were the Days.”
oRjVL TIL that Henry Kissinger was an honorary member of the Harlem Globetrotters