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TIL Frano Selak survived a train derailing into a river, a bus crashing and falling into another river, falling off a plane whose doors had blown off and living by landing on a hay stack, got hit by a bus, and survived a car explosion twice, and was then lucky enough to win the lottery in 2004.

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dGwB TIL that students at Oxford University are required to wear academic dress for all of their examinations - including a suit, gown, bowtie, and colour coded carnation. Students wear different gowns depending on their grades. Cambridge no longer has such dress for exams.
1aRRP TIL When Robert Downey Jr became clean and sober after years of drug issues, no studio would hire him and no insurance company would insure him, and it was Mel Gibson who gave him his first acting job and paid the insurance from his own pocket to ensure Downey's career would be resurrected.
nW5Ro TIL Koshu grapes, a thousand-year-old variety from Japan, have a pinkish-purple skin but produce white wine. Known for their delicate, crisp flavors with citrus and peach notes, they're a perfect match for sushi and are gaining international recognition.
j6ZNX TIL about Bashir Ahmad, an impoverished Pakistani camel cart driver, who, on 20 May 1961, met with the then US vice-president Lyndon B Johnson, and accepted an invitation to come to America.
1am44 TIL that Pygmies raised in a thick forest were unable to interpret distant objects. One thought that buffalo grazing in the distance were insects.