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TIL the Depo Provera shot (a popular birth control) is linked to increased risk of brain tumors

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7QdO TIL the word “Ewok” was never said in Star Wars.
oBAxr TIL John Romero's (co-creator of Wolfenstein/Doom/Quake) great-grandmother was a crime boss in the 1920's. Starting in Sonora, Mexico, she ran brothels and had an entire empire, controlling it well past the age of 60 (but didn't like to discuss age) and expanded it as far as Tucson, Arizona,
gMME9 TIL Dover Castle is the largest castle in England. There are over 3 miles of secret war time tunnels snaking deep into the cliff. Many of these tunnels are still undiscovered.
d4G7 TIL a gay Vietnam veteran has a gravestone that omits his own name, merely saying “Gay Vietnam Veteran,” while pointing out that he received a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one.
loLXB TIL of Amedeo Guillet, an Italian WWII officer who led the last-ever cavalry charge against the British Army and won. The last cavalry commander in history, he died in 2010 at the age of 101.