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TIL some hospitals cut the Livestrong bracelets from patients’ wrists because they resemble the yellow “Do Not Resuscitate” bands.

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7rMbp TIL when Joseph Stalin's first wife died, he was so overcome with grief he threw himself into her grave during the funeral. Later, secret policemen arrived at the funeral, looking for Stalin (at the time a wanted fugitive); he was forced to flee the service early by jumping the graveyard's fence.
KOY54 TIL of Ray Holmes, an RAF Pilot who intentionally rammed a German Bomber with his Fighter to stop it bombing Buckingham Palace, bailed out, then went drinking.
5YyVQ TIL Australians eat white bread with butter and sprinkles (and they love it!)
v1PmK TIL that after the 1946 Italian Republic referendum, all members of the House of Savoy (House of the king of Italy) were required to leave the country and neither they nor their descendants were to set foot in Italy ever again. The provision was repealed in 2002
VMWLG TIL that the roman salute is unknown in Roman literature and is never mentioned by ancient historians of Rome