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TIL During the evacuation of a hospital during hurricane Katrina a sniper opened fire on medical workers and patients.

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696eQ TIL about Barry Keenan who became the youngest member of the LA Stock Exchange at 21, got addicted to painkillers and went broke, kidnapped Frank Sinatra's son and was sentenced to life in prison, got released early, and died a real-estate millionaire
nMQG TIL someone used Super Mario Maker to build a level that is a functional calculator, though it can only add two digits between zero and 7 and takes about two minutes to generate an answer.
V6PD TIL Vancouver researchers have created an enzyme that changes donated blood into universal type
5VwRB TIL that subatomic particles can be detected by the naked eye with a simple homemade device called a Cloud Chamber that uses dry ice and alcohol
KDMG TIL In Kenya a turtle adopted a hippo that was abandoned after a tsunami.