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TIL From 2002 to 2011, accidents on backyard trampolines accounted for nearly 289,000 visits to emergency rooms for broken bones. Factor in all accidents, not just fractures, and the tally rises to more than 1 million ER visits.

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oYWL TIL WWII concentration camps in Croatia were even more brutal than those in Nazi Germany. Prisoners were cremated alive, disemboweled and thrown in rivers, killed with mallets, drowned in latrines, tied together in groups and thrown down 300m shafts. On a bet, Petar Brzica, cut the throats of 1,360.
kZ6W TIL that buying the Guy Fawkes “Anonymous” mask pays royalties to Time Warner, a nemesis of piracy.
b6gLN TIL that Kurt Cobain got the inspiration to make Nirvana's famous song "Smells Like Teen Spirit" when Kathleen Hanna, the singer of the band "Bikini Kill" wrote "Kurt smells like teen spirit" on a board. Teen Spirit was a woman's deodorant and he didn't knew it until he was done with the song.
QJOYd TIL Richard Scrushy, charged with masterminding $2.7 billion fraud case, came up with a novel strategy: "[play] the religion card" and become a televangelist to curry favor with jurors (the trial was held in Alabama). He was acquitted of all charges.
9wXAX TIL about the Heidi Game, a 1968 Jets–Raiders matchup in which NBC cut to the movie Heidi at 7 p.m. on the East Coast, causing viewers to miss Oakland’s two late touchdowns in a 43–32 comeback. This led to games being shown to their conclusion in the markets of the visiting team.