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TIL there have been several documented cases where golfers were accidentally killed by the shaft of their golf club after it broke.

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166KV TIL of Claudine Longet, a Franco-American entertainer who shot and killed her boyfriend, Olympic skier Spider Sabich, in Aspen Colorado in 1976. She was originally charged with murder but was convicted of negligent homicide and sentenced to only 30 days in jail which she served on weekends.
kWjE TIL that since 1985 the government of Saudi Arabia has destroyed about 95% of the holy city of Mecca in order to make way for the construction of hotels, apartments, parking lots, etc. There are now less than 20 structures that date back to the period of Muhammad.
BrBdK TIL that there was a Roman Emporer named Elagabalus, who would dress as a woman before prostituting himself in taverns, brothels, and the imperial palace. He took his charioteer, Hierocles, as his lover and wanted to be called a mistress, wife, and queen.
R7YMw TIL that US President Calvin Coolidge had a high almost helium like public speaking voice.
PYR8E TIL that termites are actually highly social cockroaches. Although they resemble ants or bees genetic research has places them into the Cockroach family.