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TIL that Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, was so goth that she lost her virginity on her mom's grave

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lV5 TIL; A Man Used A Lightsaber To Avoid Being Hit With A Stun Gun
VbjQ TIL The first repeating hand held firearms were made as early as the 1600’s and a number of them were even issued to elite Danish soldiers.
6ElDZ TIL Casey J Fury, a civillian sandblaster/painter, started a fire onboard nuclear submarine USS Miami, so he could go home early. Several were injured fighting the fire. Fury confessed, and was given a 17 yr prison sentence and $400,000,000 fine. Never repaired, Miami was decommissioned 3/28/2014.
p8ypb TIL Old Monk, the most iconic Indian dark rum, is manufactured by a company which was actually started by Edward Abraham Dyer, father of Colonel Reginald Edward Harry Dyer, who committed the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
dDMB9 TIL Jason Everman, former Army Ranger and Green Beret, was Nirvana's original second guitarist and can even be seen on the Bleach cover, although he doesn't perform on the album. He later briefly joined Soundgarden as Hiro Yamamato's successor on bass.