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TIL of Yanis Kanidis, a 74 year old physical education teacher that helped save many children during the Beslan school hostage crisis.

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KYrV4 TIL that the reason our fingers and toes wrinkle when they're submerged in water for a long time is to improve our handling of wet objects.
XE5dP TIL the first German defeat and the first Japanese defeat of World War 2 both came at the hands of Australian forces.
1aZQd TIL Doctors have to warn women not to put glitter in their vaginas.
rRAxy TIL Rowan Atkinson (Mr.Bean) once saved a plane from crashing, saving his two children and wife after the pilot passed out
eplAg TIL about how in 1984 Rajneeshees committed first bioterror atack in the US history by contaminating salad bars with salmonella in order to win local election