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TIL "Death by misadventure" is a legally-defined manner of death, primarily attributed to an accident that occurred due to a dangerous risk that was taken voluntarily.

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OGPWR TIL there is a factory in Iran that makes US, British, and Israeli flags exclusively for burning during protests.
kO0PE TIL that in a 1939 poll, Princeton freshman ranked Adolf Hitler as the greatest living person and ranked Einstein second.
YyrB TIL that the The Three Stooges were the first in Hollywood to criticize and mock Adolf Hitler on film with their short, ‘You Nazty Spy’
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