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TIL the Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus lasted for just under 8 months in 1914

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XEWGQ TIL Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein, was named Chairmain of the Iraqi Olympic Committee in 1984. Athletes who disappointed him were subject to torture and imprisonment
kO7vg TIL that after Gilligan's Island was cancelled, the producer of the show created "Dusty’s Trail" which featured Bob Denver in the lead role and mirrored the same characters but was set in the wild west of the 1880's, with a wagon train replacing the boat.
D16Vp TIL three of the four US presidents that were assassinated were killed in a 36-year time frame between 1865 and 1901.
dByr TIL of Andy George, a man who spent 6 months hand growing and raising every ingredient to make a sandwich. After a rough cost of $1,500, he says it was the pickles and mayo that threw off the final product.
45L6 TIL in 1995 a man in Australia attempted suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a shotgun. When that didn’t work he used a pistol to shoot himself in the head, then used the shotgun again on his throat and finally died after one last shotgun blast to the heart