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TIL FedEx returned a volleyball that washed up after the Japanese tsunami

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oBvkL TIL In 1984 Anthony Tiffith robbed the chicken joint where Kenny Duckworth worked, but spared his life after taking a liking to him. Years later, Anthony would go on to found Top Dawg Ent. and unknowingly sign Duckworth's son, Kendrick Lamar, to his first record deal.
wLvwE TIL In 1999, Yeltsin signed a union treaty with Russia and Belarus. The agreement commits the two former Soviet states to merging into a confederal state
9EwQ TIL 1/3 of homeless people in the United States have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (approx. 250,000 of 744,000).
j6ymM TIL that Cher Ami, a pigeon, was awarded the Croix de Guerre for her brave service in World War I. Despite being shot, blind in one eye, and severely injured, he successfully delivered an S.O.S. message for an encircled battalion.
Z8X5Y TIL that Marcin Jakubowski, a Princeton fusion physics graduate, had a hard time finding a job out of college so he turned to farming. Upon purchasing his first tractor, he realized how inaccessible and expensive farming equipment was, so he created an open source tractor design.