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TIL A world renowned anti-doping expert got fired as a university professor after he secretly recorded people with a video camera hidden inside a toolbox in a storage room used as a change room on campus. It went on for three months and involved four women—two of whom were changing

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49na TIL that after absorbing the blast of an grenade to protect his comrades, Michael Fitzmaurice, though seriously wounded and partially blinded continued to fight, killing an enemy with his bare hands and refusing evacuation, holding his position even after being blown up by a second grenade.
ADDPw Today I learned that Cpt. William Kidd was he first Pirate to be hung over the River Thames in order to scare would be Pirates as they left for the seas.
xVJXD TIL Texas Pete is from North Carolina
b89p TIL because President Kennedy had named From Russia with Love among his ten favourite books of all time, producers Broccoli and Saltzman chose this as the second Bond movie. From Russia with Love was the last film Kennedy saw at the White House on 20 November 1963 before going to Dallas.
ANWeB TIL: London Bridge had up to 140 houses built on it for 550 years. All of the houses were shops and was one of London's major shopping streets. Demolition of the last houses was completed in 1761 due to fire and other structural issues, and to widen the bridge.