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TIL 80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive WWII

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Kj4G TIL a DEA agent accidentally shot himself in the leg while giving a lecture on gun safety and claiming that “I’m the only one in this room professional enough to handle this glock 40”
pYyMQ TIL that Haff Disease is unexplained rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown) within 24 hours of eating fish. The cause is thought to be an unidentified poison.
6EwdW TIL that JFK was allegedly addicted to meth while in office
LkGBr TIL That the leading theory behind disappearance of the Malaysian airlines flight MH370 was that it was a murder suicide orchestrated by the pilot who was suffering from a bout of depression.
4XE8X TIL that "rogue waves" or "freak waves," unexpected and massive waves that sailors have long told stories about, were generally considered to be mythical until confirmed by scientific instrumentation in 1995