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TIL That a victim of the Aurora shooting (at the Dark Knight Rises Premier) didn’t have insurance and woke up with 2 million dollars in medical expenses.

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0aW1 TIL that monosodium glutamate (MSG) has no extraordinary negative effect on the human body, contrary to common perception
PQ8g TIL that NASA engineers once asked Sally Ride if 100 tampons was enough for a 7 day mission
4Xjg6 TIL In 1980 Marienetta Jirkowsky became the youngest and last woman killed attempting to cross the Berlin Wall. Fleeing East Germany with a friend and her fiance she was shot by border guards and died at the age of 18.
R55n7 TIL Actor Steven Michael Quezada who played Steven "Gomez" in the AMC series Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul is a member of the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners (District II)