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TIL chemotherapy patients should flush the toilet twice to avoid injuring others.

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WK79 TIL French mercenary Bob Denard participated in conflicts in Indochina, Algeria, Rhodesia, Yemen Iran Nigeria Benin Gabon Angola Zaire & The Comoros. In 1968 he invaded Katanga with 100 men on bicycles. He led 4 coups in The Comoros including once taking control of the country in 3 hours with 30 men
GAmMg TIL that Aruna Shanbaug, an Indian nurse spent 42 years in a vegetative state after a brutal assault in 1973. Shanbaug died of pneumonia on 18 May 2015, after being in a persistent vegetative state for nearly 42 years.
9JVX TIL BB King names all of his guitars “Lucille” after a woman who was the subject of a fight between two men during one of his shows in 1949. During the fight, a fire was started, in which BB King ran back inside to retrieve his beloved $30 Gibson guitar, nearly killing him in the process.
wLPXW TIL that in 1924, two men named Leopold and Loeb tried to commit the "perfect crime" and show their intellectual superiority by killing a 14 year old boy and not getting caught. They were caught in less than two weeks.
b9Dx4 TIL Russians call WWII "The Great Patriotic War"