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TIL Al Capone was one of the first civilians to receive penicillin for treatment. However, it was already too late to cure his syphilis by that time.

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9yXG TIL Pilgrims were fleeing religious persecution but only because they preached intolerance and did not put up with political or religious dissent.
N76aM TIL that on the set of The Princess Bride, Billy Crystal's improvisational lines were so funny that Mandy Patinkin bruised a rib trying to hold in laughter and Rob Reiner had to direct his scenes from a video monitor because his laughter was ruining takes.
ZwLQ TIL by 2020 there will be an estimated 123mil high-paying jobs in America, but only 50 mil Americans will be qualified for these jobs.
xVjjD TIL when American troops were sent to capture Guam in the Spanish-American War, the Spanish officers rowed out to meet the Navy after being fired at. The Spanish had no clue a war broke out and thought the attack was a salute.
Br08K TIL: Irish actor Liam Neeson (Taken, Schindler's List, etc.) was offered the role of James Bond, but turned it down because his fiancée told him she wouldn't marry him if he took the role.