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TIL a man died after throwing a hand grenade at his ex-gf's house when she refused to reconcile. He first tried to stab her with scissors, but others intervened. He then threw the grenade, but it didn't explode until he picked it up to re-throw, which killed him & injured four. His ex was not harmed

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vPeZj TIL Walt Disney believed “Snow White” would be hard to sell. Knowing this, Walt gathered his team and performed a one-man show. He acted out the entire movie himself, mimicking the characteristics and voice of each of the characters. They were spellbound by the show. Production began shortly after.
R7Vpj TIL Ayrton Senna had planned to raise an Austrian flag in honour of Roland Ratzenberger after he crashed and died in 1994 San Marino Grand Prix qualifiers. Senna also died in that very race. When track officials examined Sennas car, they found the furled Austrian flag in the wreckage.
epEp4 TIL that during a power outage in 1994, LA residents made numerous calls to 911 reporting strange silver clouds hovering in the sky. They were seeing the Milky Way for the first time.
JY68m TIL Breast milk saved 16 people lost at sea. 2 days after their food ran out a woman told her sister to try her milk. She felt better and offered it to everyone else. The 8 men and 7 women took turns sucking her breasts and were able to survive for 7 more days until currents pushed the boat to shore
nelBd TIL the USA spent 2 years building a fort to protect from Canadian invasion, but it was accidentally built in Canada. They abandoned construction and called it Fort Blunder.