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TIL that actor James Doohan was shot six times on D-day after successfully leading his men through a minefield and killing two German snipers. One of the shots to the chest would have been fatal except he had a silver cigarette case there, given to him by his brother.

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Z85Na TIL that the first of the 112 people who died during the construction of the Hoover Adam was J.G. Tierney. The last person to die was Patrick Tierney, J.G. Tierney’s son
AoJn TIL that over 11,000 untested rape kits dating back to the ‘80s were found in an abandoned Detroit PD storage room. Detroit isn’t the only major city with an egregious backlog–Memphis has over 12,000 untested kits.
0Y1L TIL: Some gay Christians identify as “David and Jonathan”. The two Biblical warriors formed a covenant bond, with later David lamenting he loved Jonathan more than any woman. The relationship was used to support gays serving in the Israeli military.
XXeP TIL Tommy Lee and Nikki Sixx from Mötley Crüe had a bet over who could go the longest without showering and still score with groupies. The bet ended after a groupie vomited pasta on Sixx’ shoes in the course of fellatio, which inspired the title of the Guns ‘N Roses album The Spaghetti Incident.
19j4 TIL that during prohibition in the US an exemption was made for whiskey prescribed by a doctor and sold through a pharmacy. The Walgreens pharmacy chain grew from 20 retail stores to almost 500 during this period, from 1920 to 1933