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TIL Two guys used their dead friends ashes as fishing bait and caught the worlds biggest Carp.

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XEBZD TIL of the 'Battle of Brisbane' (1942), a standoff between American soldiers and Australian citizens leading to one death and hundreds of injured on both sides. The reports were censored to preserve wartime morale.
BJxr TIL that red eyes appear in photographs as a result of light reflecting off the blood vessels inside the eyeball.
EPJd TIL that Brad Pitt’s character in Inglourious Basterds has a rope burn scar around his neck. Tarantino specified in his screenplay that it was never to be mentioned. Image in comments.
wopP7 TIL: Thomas Ward Custer is the first man to receive the Medal of Honor twice, but the only reason he is forgotten is because of his older brother.
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