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TIL That the FBI suspected “It’s A Wonderful Life” was Communist propaganda when first released

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BrlDe TIL the Lewis & Clark expedition only suffered one casualty. Dysentery, snake bites, a dislocated shoulder, venereal disease and Lewis being shot in the buttocks after being mistaken for an elk all threatened the group's well-being, but the only man to die did so as a result of a burst appendix.
5YR8R TIL Kaiser Wilhelm II had a series of birth defects, most notably a withered left arm. Treatments for his arm include: salt water sprays, cold compression, electric shocks, stretching, and putting the arm into a fresh animal carcass (Queen Victoria thought this was a bad idea).
Wk4d TIL that Socrates was a soldier in the Peloponnesian War and was known for his exemplary service
QZ4E TIL that in 2001 Argentina had 5 presidents in 2 weeks.
wXJ1 TIL that the “immunity to iocane powder” plot device has a basis on an ancient king