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TIL that Steve McQueen staged a car crash and faked a whiplash injury so that he could film The Magnificent Seven while “recuperating”

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Wkvro A tuberculosis vaccine invented a century ago is cheap and safe, and seems to bolster the body's immune system.
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9Y7oG TIL about Japan’s 5pm bell, or national emergency broadcast system, that plays music each day at a specific time for over 90% of the country. The music is actually a daily test to ensure the system can inform residents of any major disasters (i.e. tsunami, industrial accident).
v17mD TIL that in 1938 1800 veterans of the Civil War attended an 75th Anniversary reunion at Gettysburg, PA. The youngest was 88 years old, and the oldest claimed to be 112 years old.
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