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TIL The Philippines is one of the deadliest places in the world for politicians, with over 1200 political assassinations in the last decade.

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Oob94 TIL Michael Vick was drafted in the 2000 MLB Draft by the Rockies despite not playing baseball since 8th grade.
9ebm TIL in 1970, a bomb exploded in the Senate Chamber of the Louisiana State Capitol building and left a pencil embedded in the ceiling, where it remains to this day.
wLmB8 TIL Wesley Snipes once dated Halle Berry and assaulted her so badly she now has a disability - she is 80% deaf in her right ear.
m1wRp TIL that wearing a neck tie can reduce blood flow to the brain by 7.5% on average
grV48 TIL that while working on Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast album, music producer Martin Birch was involved in a car accident with a mini-bus carrying nuns, and was left with a repair bill of £666.