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TIL: "we were dueling" is a prohibited defense for homicide in Virginia

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eJ8E TIL that the Australian rower Bobby Pearce once stopped during a rowing race in the 1928 Olympics to allow a family of ducks pass, and still won out of eight competitors in that round
D1wKg TIL about "Soldier's Disease" AKA morphine addiction. Due to it's widespread use as a painkiller, the Civil War produced over 400,000 morphine addicts.
rR9JW TIL that after firefighters saved piglets from a barn fire, 6 months later the farmer sent them sausages made from the piglets as a thank you gift
nyeG TIL that the Portuguese Air Force is referred to locally as F.A.P
BgRyD TIL-Drew Barrymore's Grandmother was a famous silent film actress, nicknamed "The Goddess of the Silent Screen".