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TIL: San Francisco ban helmet cams after they capture firefighters running over Asiana crash victim

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ML9B TIL that if the man rationing the rum on a ship was suspected of cheating would be challenged to mix the rum with gunpowder. rum that was not watered down and was “over proof”, would still allow the power to ignite, coining the term.
e0eJk TIL: In 1975 a 50 year old bricklayer died laughing whilst watching an episode of the TV show, The Goodies. His widow wrote to the cast of the show to thank them for making her husband's final moments so pleasant.
XE9d6 TIL Darryl Strawberry, an MLB right fielder for 17 seasons, had such a bad sex addiction he would have sex between innings
LWYm TIL Eleanor Audley who voiced the Malificent, was also the voice of Lady Tremane in Cinderella, as well as the disapproving mother in the series Green Acres
LoJr TIL that Magpies are the smallest animal proven to recognize themselves in a mirror. Human Children recognize their own reflection from 15 to 18 months, before then seeing the reflection as a “sociable playmate”