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1ar84 TIL Hunter S. Thompson killed himself while being on the phone with his wife. She mistook the cocking of the gun for the sound of his typewriter keys and hung up as he fired.
nW6x9 TIL the United States and the Soviet Union were technically separated by a mere 3.7 km, and a woman swam between them in 1987, earning praise from the leaders of both countries
9YAjM TIL Wally Wood the creator of Power Girl, Made a bet with a studiomate that he could draw Power Girls chest bigger every issue and DC editorial wouldn’t notice
16y98 TIL in 1314 the Tour de Nesle affair was a scandal that saw the daughters-in-law of Philip IV accused of adultery, leading to their imprisonments & executions of their lovers. The severe shock may have contributed to Philip’s death months later & contributed to the start of the Hundred Years War
4mpR TIL in his final days Lyndon B. Johnson would listen to “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel repeatedly while agonizing over his legacy; worrying that he would only be remembered for the Vietnam War and not as the architect of equal rights and Medicare.