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TIL that the biggest fish ever caught was a 2,664 pound great white shark back in 1959

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6Eo5J TIL that American cyclist Greg LeMond was accidentally shot with 60 shotgun pellets during a hunt, losing him 65% of his blood volume. Two years later, with 35 pellets still in his body, he won the 1989 Tour de France, becoming the first (and only) American to win the tournament twice.
GY9bJ TIL about the Misericorde - the 'Mercy Knife', which was a long narrow dagger used for killing wounded soldiers at the end of a battle. It was considered better than dying in pain from infection or from wounds which were not instantly fatal.
XEZJD TIL Chinese pianist Lang Lang learned to love classical music from a “Tom and Jerry” cartoon. He was just two-and-a-half years old, and was absorbed by the piece, Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody Number II, that both Tom and Jerry played on the piano
WBBB TIL According to the patent for toilet paper, the creator, Setti Wheeler, made a drawing that shows the toilet paper should go over.
X0ZyP TIL that after Salvador Dali expressed support for Spanish dictator Franco's regime, Pablo Picasso refused to mention Dali's name or acknowledge his existence for the rest of his life