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TIL in 2008 Daniel Hoevels, a German actor, accidentally cut his own throat on stage in a “suicide scene” when he was given a real knife by mistake.

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8eAmV TIL About Billy Mitchell who pushed for air power between WWs 1 and 2. He proved air superiority by bombing captured german warships after WW1 using bombers. For his efforts he was court marshaled and resigned from the military. After his death, he was given a Congressional Medal of Honor
4EYw TIL than Santino is a zoo chimp that spends his mornings gathering rocks and other projectiles to throw at visitors who annoy him during the day
4eN TIL Canada has nearly twice as many indigenous people as Brazil
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