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TIL Nancy Grace has been linked to two separate suicides

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R7a4Q Today I learned that in Japanese, there is a phrase bushu-suru (ブッシュする). In literal terms, this means "to do the bush thing," in reference to a bizarre 1992 incident where George HW Bush fell ill and vomited directly onto the Japanese prime minister.
Xdxk TIL that in 1795, Napoleon offered a prize to anyone who could invent a way to preserve food and make it portable. A Parisian confectioner spent 15 years experimenting and won the prize.
GAnx4 TIL that Ayn Rand actually hated the libertarians and anarcho-capitalists of her time.
Yadr TIL that in the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, three men were caught alive on the roof of a hotel that was ablaze. Rather than see the men fall and be burned alive, a nearby military officer ordered his men to shoot them.
a8Bl0 TIL A plane in a holding pattern due to a severe weather ran out of fuel and crashed because of the crew's failure to be assertive with air traffic control