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TIL that the tombstone of U.S. Air Force veteran and gay rights activist Leonard Matlovich states this: “When I was in the military, they gave me a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one”

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rZkw TIL the California grizzly bear is extinct
LmYr TIL Tesla Motors, and other companies run by Elon Musk, have been operating at a net loss for a decade and are heavily subsidized by the government (est. $4.9 billion)
mxj8y TIL that The Who’s Roger Daltrey is allergic to cannabis, which affects his singing. On one occasion he threatened to stop a show due to people smoking, advising them to “stick it up your fuckin’ ass.”
grjx9 TIL that an early Irish legal text allowed for a pregnant woman to steal limited amounts of food if she had a craving for it
DrMe TIL that in 1960, a man named Joe Kittinger ascended to the edge of space in a balloon’s gondola, parachuted back to earth and set the record for highest freefall