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TIL that Rick James fled from America due to a Vietnam draft card he had received, and then settled in Canada where he met Neil Young and started his musical career.

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DGp TIL that Hitler’s mother was thinking of having an abortion, when she was pregnant with him, but the doctor talked her out of it.
8XjZ TIL Gaius gracchus, the ancient roman politician, had a bounty put on his head to the price of the head’s weight in gold. Although the head was delivered, the prize was never paid, as it was discovered that Gaius’ captor had emptied out his brain and replaced it with molten lead.
6Ea4Q TiL Coca-Cola acquired the production company set to make Stand By Me, but discarded the film as having no commercial value. Rob Reiner managed to convince Norman Lear to donate $8M of his own money to make the academy nominated film.
m1lxP TIL that Putrescine a chemical that "is largely responsible for the foul odor of putrefying flesh" is also a component of semen.
wYDE TIL A British police officer, whilst undercover, fathered a child with an activist and left them when his deployment was over.