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TIL about the Faraday School Kidnapping that occurred in 1972 in Victoria, Australia, where two men kidnapped a teacher her six students for a ransom of $1,000,000. The kidnapping inspired the HBO movie, “Fortress”, which portrayed the kidnappers as gun-wielding maniacs wearing Halloween masks.
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TIL of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for US President in 1872. She was a clairvoyant for Cornelius Vanderbilt, who gave her stock tips to make a fortune. She also published the first English translation of the Communist Manifesto, and allegedly became the first woman in England to own a
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TIL about Lachhiman Gurung, a British Gurka during WW 2. His platoon was cut off for days by 200 Japanese soldiers. Gurung, under 5′ tall, threw back 2 enemy grenades but the 3rd destroyed his right hand & eye. He fired and reloaded his rifle one-handed, killing 31 men and earning a Victoria Cross.
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