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TIL in 1935 a USMC General and Medal of Honor recipient wrote a bestselling book describing how wars exist to enrich corporations.

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MelyV TIL George Washington was essentially killed by his doctors. Due to them draining 40% of his blood ultimately leading to his death.
4kgBR TIL The first joke book was published in 1470 by Poggio Bracciolini, and is characterised by its defecation and scatalogical humour
D1lDD TIL in 1912, Teddy Roosevelt survived an assassination attempt, went to his speech instead of the hospital, then continued on to roast the assassin in his speech.
pYoae TIL that the idea that 19th century doctors would treat hysteria by clitoral massage to produce an orgasm and that vibrators were invented as a labour-saving device for doctors doing so became widely accepted in multiple fields despite the fact there is no evidence for it at all.
gr6p7 TIL John Carpenter's The Thing (1982 film) was based on the shortened version of a novel that wasn't published until 2019