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TIL that the most common way to die on the Oregon Trail was actually by wagon accident, followed by accidental shootings.

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yQWeV TIL that in 1974 the 1946 movie "It's A Wonderful Life" fell into public domain because the studio failed to renew it's copyright. As a result, it was aired a lot, which explains why it became so popular even though it flopped in theaters. The studio got rights to the movie again in 1993
6j1l TIL 30% of one night stands actually turn into long-term relationships.
v17M8 TIL in Belgium and France, Farmers still recover tens of thousands of unexploded shells and ordinance From WW1 that get pushed up by normal ground shifting (frost thrust, etc) and plowed up in farming fields. They call it "The Iron Harvest". They expect this to continue for hundreds of years.
0wboN TIL when Jack Gordon tried to bribe Senator Harry Reid back when he was the Nevada gaming commissioner, he notified the FBI and on the day of the sting, he screamed 'You son of a bitch!' and tried to STRANGLE Gordon, but the FBI agents pulled Reid off of him.
9Wvm TIL in 2013 a 27yo Psychology Student, who had already published articles in medical journals, died of a drug overdose while celebrating her new job - working as a drug counselor