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TIL that the inspiration behind Professor Snape in Harry Potter was a chemistry teacher John Nettleship. Nettleship at first was upset about this attribution, but later came to embrace it, even writing a book.

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lgxV TIL in 1981, a pediatrician saved the life of a 3.2-pound premature baby boy by working around the clock to beat the odds & stabilize him. In 2011, the pediatrician was pinned inside a burning vehicle after a car collision, but was saved by the premature baby, who had grown up to become a paramedic.
yQEMX TIL: Despite strong ratings and years of planned additional seasons, the TV series "Gargoyles" was killed because the OJ Simpson trial dragged on for so long and kept pre-empting the series until people weren't sure if it was still airing.
74E7 TIL The Irish once had vast political and military influence in south America, examples include Irishmen founding the Argentine and Uruguayan navies, an Irishman served as the military Governor of Chile and Irishmen served as the Aide-de-Camp’s to leaders such as Simon Bolivar and José de San Martín
lkQ1 TIL that redheads don’t feel pain the same way as other people. They are less sensitive to electrically induced pain, but more sensitive to thermal pain.
4kek6 TIL about the Deaflympics, a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee at which deaf athletes compete at an elite level. The games have been organized by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf since 1924