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TIL Liberace once sued the Daily Mirror for an article saying he was gay, and won the biggest libel settlement at that time.

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R5apj TIL that soccer players run much farther than other sports averaging 7 miles a game, compared with 2.55 miles for Basketball and 1.25 miles for American football
Y8N7 TIL in Russia many doctors “treat” alcoholism by surgically implanting a small capsule into their patients. The capsules react so severely with alcohol that once the patient touches a single drop, they instantly acquire an excruciating illness of similar intensity to acute heroin withdrawal
N7NVM TIL the soviets built a chain of remote lighthouses along the arctic coast, each one powered by it's own miniature nuclear generator. In total 1007 of these generators were put in place, several of which remain unaccounted for.
D1ZJY TIL The Sound of Music is not completely accurate to the history of the Von Trapp family. The marriage of Maria and Georg was for practical reasons, rather than actual love for one another. Maria wrote, "I really and truly was not in love," but later acknowledged that she enjoyed a happy marriage.
4XwOJ TIL that Queen Elizabeths grandfather, King George V, was euthanized by his physician. The physician wrote in his journal that he euthanized the King so that his death would be announced in the morning newspapers, rather than the "less appropriate evening journals".