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TIL about the man who jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in football padding to impress his wife. She watched him die on impact and told the press, “it was the last thing he did, and it was a failure.”

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XaMX TIL during World War II, President Dwight D. Einsenhower predicted that people would try to deny the holocaust ever happened, and therefore ordered people to take as much photographs of the Nazi crimes as possible in order to avoid such attempts.
wPJ7 TIL France used to hold impotence trials, where wives could sue their husbands if he had ED. The husband would have to prove that he could get hard in court. If he couldn’t, his appeal would be a Trial by Congress, where the couple would have sex to prove the husband could fulfill his marital duties
mdlx TIL Apple Makes New Employees Work on Fake Products Until Apple Can Trust Them
xVemD TIL of the French Paradox, the low rate of French heart disease despite a diet rich in fat and alcohol
kOwGW TIL the Hawaii state flag has existed in its current form since the islands were a monarchy, and was commissioned by King Kamehameha to resemble both the US and UK flag in order to avoid being dragged by either side into the War of 1812