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TIL of "Dr. Death". Jack Kevorkian claimed to have performed physician-assisted suicide of at least 130 people.

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DQLDY TIL that 600 Ottoman defectors under the command of rival to the throne Orhan Çelebi joined the defense of the Byzantine Empire during the siege and ultimate fall of Constantinople in 1453
orrA TIL the ancient Greeks had a wine glass to ensure the drinker’s moderation
KOaw TIL that during a siege in 1857, a mysterious Scottish soldier watched one his comrades get shot, and announced that he had joined the regiment simply to see that man die. He then ran into a breach singing Bible verses and trying unsuccessfully to get himself killed.
4krX6 TIL an estimated 200,000 underage American men and women lied about their age in order to enlist during World War II.
4ko7R TIL Hideki Tojo’s dentures had "Remember Pearl Harbor" engraved into them in morse code