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TIL - There’s a guy who is trying to Gump it across all 50 states. He’d finished 31 states so far.

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BrDgW TIL samurai took the heads of their enemies as proof of their kills. This practice was part of the Bushido code, with strict rules on maintaining and presenting the heads. Once presented, these kills were then recorded in the official 'Book of Heads'.
OGBJR TIL about The Wire of Death, a lethal electric fence created by the German military to control the Dutch-Belgian Frontier after the occupation of Belgium during the First World War. Somewhere between 2-3k people died as a result of trying to make it past the fence.
kOw5g TIL Japan's love of salmon as a sushi staple is a result of a successful Norwegian marketing campaign in 1986
691bl TIL, The First Death of a NASA Astronaut, Theodore Freeman, occurred because a goose flew into his aircraft during a test flight.
QB6 TIL - Buzz Aldrin, a Presbyterian, was the first person to hold a religious ceremony on the Moon. After landing on the Moon, he gave himself Communion on the surface of the Moon, but he kept it secret because of a lawsuit brought over the reading of Genesis on Apollo 8