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TIL pistol deuling was an event in the 1908 Olympics, in which competitors would fire wax bullets at one another.

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5VVjk TIL of Sijctghen, a 17th-century duck who laid over 100 eggs a year. In 1647, the Dutch Golden Age artist Aelbert Cuyp was commissioned to paint her portrait. Sijctghen died in October 1650, at the age of 23.
XlK6 TIL San Antonio, Texas has the highest percentage of gay and lesbian parents in the US
ORAe TIL: Black Entertainment Television (BET) Is owned by a white guy (Sumner Redstone)
aQYb TIL only 11% of kamikaze pilots hit their targets.
e05Vn TIL Secretariat has 263 US streets named after him - far more than any other athlete, human or otherwise.