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TIL in 1998, Wu Tang Clan member Ol’ Dirty Bastard witnessed a car crash from the window of his Brooklyn recording studio. He and a friend coordinated onlookers and lifted one of the cars to rescue a four year old girl, whom ODB visited in hospital under a fake name.

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KORpw TIL that there was a Nazi spy network during WWII in the city of Monterrey, Mexico. Their goal was to smuggle drugs into the United States to destabilize the country and lower morale
p8Vee TIL that Franklin Roosevelt most likely had Guillane-Barre syndrome rather than polio
nexOo TIL of Phineas Gage, a man who had a large metal rod go completely through his head and destroy his brain’s left frontal lobe. Miraculously he survived, and was able to recover his social skills over time although people noted changes to his personality, behavior, and memory.
PBEL TIL that both sides of the First Congo War ate pygmies “as though they were game animals.”
6EA1W TIL when Mary Queen of Scots was executed, her executioners knelt before her to ask her forgiveness. She granted it saying “I forgive you with all my heart, for now, I hope, you shall make an end of all my troubles.” Unfortunately the headsman missed his first stroke, hitting the back of her head.