Today I Learned (TIL)

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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Morella1989 on 2025-08-03 03:32:31+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Sadako Sasaki (1943–1955). She was two years old when Hiroshima was bombed and was severely irradiated. She survived for another ten years before dying from leukemia caused by radiation exposure. She is remembered for folding over a thousand origami cranes before her death.