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6m8 TIL that the former CEO and owner of Segway died from Segwaying off a cliff.
jNwXa TIL that William Wallace ("Braveheart") was born around 550 years before the kilt was invented. That means it would be more accurate to dress William Shakespeare (1564) in a spacesuit (1961) (only around 400 years difference).
xPB7 TIL that Sergeant Stubby was the only war dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat in WWI. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants, holding him there until American Soldiers found him
8joL TIL: Dr. Yamanaka was described as an incompetent surgeon. He later turned to research and discovered Induced Pluripotent Stem cells and received a Nobel Prize for it.
YyGP TIL that Samuel Caldwell was the first person in America to be arrested for selling marijuana. Arrested in 1937 for selling two joints, he was sentenced to a $1000 fine and four years of hard labor. This happened in one of the only places in America where pot is legal today, Denver Colorado.