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TIL London 2012 was the first Olympic Games ever to be completed without a single fatality in construction. Over 60 were killed in the construction of the Sochi games

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7rGYM TIL a fire department dispatcher in told a caller to 'Deal with it yourself' while she was helping a young boy who was wounded from a drive-by shooting. The boy died and the dispatcher Matthew Sanchez was eventually fired, but won a lawsuit saying he was fired unfairly and won $25,000 as a result.
NXmYE TIL that Hall of Fame NHL player Red Kelly played part of his career while also serving as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons in Canada. In the 1963 election for his riding he beat another person associated with the NHL: Player agent and future convicted fraudster Alan Eagleson.
OoGla TIL the river Styx from Greek myth actually exists and its waters may have been used to poison Alexander the Great
NPwb TIL that Laos is the most heavily bombed country, per capita, in the world (and the United States is primarily responsible).
W41L TIL that there is a theory that there is only one electron in the universe.