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TIL my former VP in HS was the First round 2nd pick in CFL draft 1960 for the Calgary Stampeders

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EgGlV TIL that Osama bin Laden's billionaire father died in a plane crash in 1967 due to a misjudged landing. His half-brother died in Texas in 1988 after piloting his own aircraft into power lines. In 2015, his half-sister and stepmother also died in a plane crash in Hampshire, England.
Nk8Q TIL that during WWII Australian soldiers in Egypt adopted a local dog as their unofficial mascot. “Horrie the Wog Dog” would follow them through various campaigns, warning them of approaching enemy aircraft. After the war he was successfully smuggled back to Australia in defiance of quarantine laws.
9PyX TIL Mary Ball Washington was terrified of lightning because while she was pregnant with George, a bolt of lightning traveled down her chimney. It shocked her and killed a dinner guest.
Vy0Q TIL “Ring Of Fire” popularized by Johnny Cash was actually written by June Carter about her falling in love with Johnny Cash while he was still married to his first wife.
4X05o TIL that there is a monument to enemas in the Russian spa town of Zheleznovodsk, featuring a bronze bulb held aloft by three cherubs