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TIL that about 450 people die a year by falling out of bed.

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bo9j TIL that Jean Claude Van Damme’s first film role was simply titled “Gay Karate Man”
BrvXD TIL that the last casualty of the Civil War was the death of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, who after being wounded Battle of Petersburg in 1864 "lingered" until he finally died of his war wounds in 1914. Between his wounding and death he won the medal of honor and was elected Governor of Maine.
VBgVD TIL in the 1700-1800s, it was fashionable in Europe to wear small stickers on your face
0wrn5 TIL the CIA had a mind control program. In 2018, declassified documents included a letter discussing work on six dogs made to run, turn and stop via remote control and brain implants.
dg07 TIL After doctors in Texas declared a man ‘brain dead’, ordered denial of food and water, the father of the patient pulled a gun on hospital staff to stop them from killing him and served time in jail – the patient is alive today