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TIL Muammar Gaddafi died after being repeatedly stabbed in the anus with a bayonet

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LkmLd TIL that among the 198 players drafted ahead of Tom Brady in the 2000 NFL draft was a Norwegian shot putter/defensive tackle/boxer.
8g6X TIL that scurvy was documented as a disease by Hippocrates, and Egyptians have recorded its symptoms as early as 1550 BC. The knowledge that consuming foods containing vitamin C is a cure for scurvy has been repeatedly rediscovered and forgotten into the early 20th century.
yVPyv TIL that the American expression "boondocks" comes from the Tagalog word bundók (mountain)
kdG1 TIL US manufacturing jobs are leaving China and returning to robots in the US
jlGn TIL that there’s a fictional brand of cigarettes, Morleys, that’s been in several unconnected TV shows, Movies and Video games since Hitchcock.