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TIL Mike Tyson used a fake penis and his own infants urine to pass drug tests

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XEENj TIL That on November 11, 1918 on the last day of WW1 , General Pershing sent American troops to fight the Germans to “teach them a lesson” even though he knew an armistice was signed. Over 3,000 Americans were killed, wounded , or captured.
KOMZ4 TIL that Oman has a strong tradition of Scottish bagpipe music, owing to their Sultan having served in a Scottish regiment of the British Army
E1lyX TIL Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's son, was in close proximity to three out of four presidential assassinations.
mxxYo TIL French stage actress Sarah Bernhardt, the illegitimate child of a prostitute, aspired to be a nun, and while in a convent, she was accused of sacrilege for arranging a Christian burial for her pet lizard.
a1BZ TIL Gary Plauche killed his son’s kidnapper and sexual abuser in a busy airport as he returned for trial.