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TIL ‘A Madea Family Funeral’ only took a week to film and had a box office of $74.8 Million

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W7JrB TIL 18 year old Milton Olive III saved the lives of 4 soldiers by grabbing a grenade that was thrown in their midst and falling on it to absorb the blast with his body. Posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, he was the first African American recipient from the Vietnam War.
p4Z8 TIL that the US had a 5 cent paper note, but it was discontinued after it was found that the head of the Bureau of Currency had put his own picture on the front.
VMAZZ TIL a Japanese train driver was so fearful of being punished over a 90 second delay he caused the train to derail killing himself and 107 others
Xld8 TIL that 90% of all scientists who have ever lived are alive today.
vPRmD TIL Natural gas, is odorized by the provider or supplier in order you to be able to smell it, and that rotten eggs smell we all know isn’t natural.