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TIL The US military sends its doctors to Chicago to give them practice for gunshot wounds

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7M1b TIL in 1998 a 16 year old British boy obsessed with smelling nice died from using too much deodorant.
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d7eQ TIL that Bambi and Bambi II hold the record for the record for the longest gap in between movie sequels, the first being released in 1942, the second being released 64 years later in 2006.
R7DKQ TIL that some of the concrete in the Hoover Dam has still not dried after 80+ years
KY0dG TIL that George Curzon who would become the Viceroy of India, was raised by a cruel governess Ellen Mary Paraman who made him wear a red petticoat with insults written on it. His attitude to women after this treatment, was problematic to say the least.