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TIL that on two separate occasions (first in 1869 and again in 1912) the sitting president of Haiti was killed when a stockpile of ammunition placed in the National Palace ignited, destroying the structure in a massive explosion.

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epKD6 TIL Great White Sharks are not technically apex predators since they are preyed upon by Orcas
xVGpD TIL that the movie Independence Day still holds the record for most miniature models to appear in one film. Approximately 95% of the movie's special effects were shot using miniatures and due to the advances in digital technology this record may stand forever.
9LpM TIL three masked instigators at a peaceful protest in Quebec were found out to be undercover police. Protestors figured it out when they noticed the boots they were wearing were the same as police.
mg5Y TIL Daniel Inouye was an American soldier in WWII who got shot in the stomach while engaging 3 machine gun nests, then had his right hand blown off from a rifle grenade, and finally proceeded to pry out the grenade from his amputated hand and throw it in the nest.
JYlek TIL the youngest person to climb to the summit of the 14,180-foot Mount Shasta in California was the seven-year-old Eva Luna Harper-Zahn.