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TIL Guantanamo guards beat a prisoner into brain injuries who later turned out to be an undercover guard who was taking part in a training exercise

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aBQ0 TIL: Usain Bolt ate nothing but chicken nuggets while he was in Beijing because that was “the only thing he knew” and won 3 gold medals
wMn7 TIL that Count Dracula was first depicted wearing a Bela Lugosi-style cape/tuxedo combo in 1924 when the book was adapted for London stage. It was the only way to make it obvious that the Count was charming and sophisticated from a distance.
nMOo TIL that there is no scientific basis for the Kübler-Ross “DABDA” model, aka the 5 stages of grief. The author herself insisted the stages didn’t all happen and not in any order. The model was embraced in pop culture because humans are naturally predisposed to explanations that tell a simple story.
nW9EG TIL: Gerald Barnbaum posed as a doctor for over 20 years. He killed at least one patient due to not being a real doctor and impersonated different doctors in multiple medical facilities in San Francisco earning $400k by 1991. He even got a position where he did checkups on FBI agents.
DQLKj TIL the inventor of the Pringles can was so proud of the design that he requested to be buried in one.