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TIL That several elite colleges took nude photos of every incoming freshman from 1940s to 1970s including many famous people
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In 2016, during the Triathlon World Series finale, British triathlete Alistair Brownlee sacrificed first place to help his brother Jonathan pass the finish line
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In 2016, during the Triathlon World Series finale, British triathlete Alistair Brownlee sacrificed first place to help his brother Jonathan pass the finish line
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TIL Aurora Rodríguez Carballeira attempted to create an ideal human being through her daughter, Hildegart. Hildegart read at 2, spoke 4 languages at 8, joined law school at 13, becoming professor there at 18. Her mother killed her when she tried to run away.

TIL Germany built huge artillery during WW1 where each shot would wear out the gun so much that shells had increasing diameter and had to fired in the right order
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TIL the city of Gresham, Oregon has a tree serial killer dubbed "The Gresham Lumberjack" who has been going around randomly chopping down hundreds of trees in the vicinity for no known reason. The culprit still remains at large.


TIL the Panathenaic Stadium, built in 330BC, is the only stadium made entirely of marble, was excavated and used in the 1896 Olympics, and and is still used for events today. Its record attendance of 80,000 was for a basketball game in 1968.

TIL When the 1930s musician Russ Columbo died from an accidental gunshot, his siblings went to great lengths to conceal the news from his mother, who had a heart condition. They wrote fake letters from him and used records to simulate his radio show. This continued until she died a decade later.