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TIL in 1999, a young trainee surgeon travelled to Kosovo to provide medical help to victims of war. In a strange turn of events, Craig Jurisevic became a Mafia target, and played a part in the bombing of 400 Serbian forces.

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JAr8 TIL That President Ulysses S. Grant gave a homeless loiterer a free ride to the US Naval Academy. This man was Albert Michelson, who then went on to discover the speed of light and win a Nobel Peace Prize.
Jvkj TIL: In the film “Foxcatcher” Channing Tatum’s mirror-bashing scene wasn’t in the script, Tatum got so into the role he frantically headbutted a real mirror and cut his head.
xxj0 TIL that ‘Mad Men’ understated its depiction of drinking, smoking, and sex in 1960s Manhattan. Advertising veteran Jerry Della Femina said that “Three-martini lunches were the norm … The only thing that saved us was that the clients and agencies that we were going back to drank as much as we did”.
NJn6 TIL ancient Roman philosophers sported different styles of beards to distinguish which school of philosophy they belonged to.
6wdQ TIL Tom Clancy’s stories were so detailed, many assumed he was ex-military. In fact he never served. He wrote most of his stories in his spare time whilst working as an insurance salesman.