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TIL Elizabeth Taylor’s apparent dark outlined eyes were due to a rare genetic mutation giving her “double eyelashes”.

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BBYb TIL Colonel Remy Van Lierde DFC took a photograph of 50ft snake while flying over the Congo in 1959. Stating the snake rose up 10ft to attack the helicopter he was piloting
rJby TIL That Evel Knievel started his motorbiking career after being fired from a mining company for making a large earth mover do a wheelie and running over a main power line, which left his hometown without power for several hours.
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epVxg TIL the term "death row" comes from an assassination attempt on FDR. The shooter Giuseppe Zangara was sentenced to death, but there was already a convict awaiting execution, and FL law forbade them from sharing cells. A second cell was built, turning the "death cell" into the first "death row."