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TIL that the last official victim of the Columbine massacre, Anne Marie Hochhalter, died in 2025, 26 years after being paralyzed from the waist down from a gunshot wound. Her death was ruled a homicide due to the sepsis caused from the decades-old injury.

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OGKrL TIL about Muriel Tramis, the first Black female video game designer. Her game Gobliiins went on to sell 1.5 million copies in 1991. She was the first woman to receive Knight of Legion of Honour in 2018.
BryYL TIL of Ronald McIntosh. In 1986, McIntosh escaped from prison, stole a helicopter and landed it at another prison’s exercise yard to pick up convicted bank robber Samantha Lopez. The pair were arrested by the FBI 10 days later and McIntosh received 25 years for air piracy and escape.
yVWRJ TIL the first eclipse to be known in advance of its occurrence happened in 585 BC and was accurately predicted by Thales of Miletus. The methods he used for his prediction remain unknown.
GNZg TIL strongly held political beliefs reduce your reasoning ability, according to a study conducted at Yale.
BZvK TIL a woman in 3rd class on The Titanic was more likely to survive than a man in 1st class.