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TIL: During WWII, a young actress decided to boost morale by attempting to kiss 10,000 young soldiers, she puckered up to 733 the first day!

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a7ry TIL that after being attacked by a grizzly bear, a man spent 7 years and $150,000 to build a bear-proof suit to take revenge on the bear. When he found back the bear years later, he discovered that he was unable to chase the bear in the hilly forest since he only tested the suit on flat ground.
p8BMO TIL in the middle ages priests treated rabies by sticking religious ornaments, heated until red-hot, onto bite wounds. This actually worked because they were unknowingly cauterising and sterilising the wound.
970r TIL:The mega-wealthy as of 2012 numbers, had hid their tax burden in tax havens to the tune of over 21 trillion. A sum larger than the entire American economy.
awPLJ TIL In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a graduation speech at Harvard University where she encouraged graduates to capitalize on the power of their imagination. It quickly became Harvard's most-viewed commencement address and also published as a book
E0W7 TIL Kim Jong-il, according to North Korean media, didn’t need to urinate or defecate. Just one of many amazing traits he reportedly had.