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TIL of Fang Zheng, whose legs were run over by a tank during the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989 while he was getting a fainted female student to safety. She refused to testify for him during the investigations and she would later claim that she was not with him during the incident.

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QA1e TIL that a judge once tried to sue an immigrant dry cleaners for $67 Million after they “lost” his pants, claiming inconvenience, mental anguish, attorney’s fees for representing himself, and as a result of their failure to live up to a “satisfaction guaranteed” sign that was displayed in the store
d51d TIL that in the UK people who need a guide dog can obtain one for 50p; it costs around £50k to train and support that same dog from birth to retirement.
0Opv TIL that researchers did an analysis of the staggering amounts of benzoylecgonine (cocaine excretions in the urine) found in the Po River in Italy and determined the daily amount of cocaine being used by the people that fed into the river to be 8.8lbs.
MeVLW TIL that in 2013, after more than 20 years of soda being America's number one beverage, water has taken over as Americans' favorite drink.
LkZaZ TIL the unfortunately named "Ayds" dieter's chocolate considered a name change when the AIDS crisis hit. Executives resisted with one saying "The product has been around for 45 years. Let the disease change its name." - The name was later changed to "Diet Ayds" before being pulled from the market.