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TIL a man saved President Ford from assassination then had his life ruined as the media outed him as gay

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MnQ8 TIL : The groove in a sword (the fuller) is not to let blood flow easier and ease the extraction of the blade. It is simply to lighten the blade in a way that won’t affect its strength.
8egbZ TIL after a local article highlighted the lavish lifestyle of Alan Ralsky in 2003 (known as the "spam king" for sending millions of bulk email solicitations), critics found his physical address & signed him up for so much junk mail that, at the peak, hundreds of pounds of it were delivered each day.
J1bOv TIL that Al-Ahly from Egypt are the most successful football club in the world by terms of titles won (125) across all competitions. No Premier League Club even makes it to the top 10.
6gE8 TIL there are “cancer villages” in China, where residents are hundreds of times more susceptible to cancer due to pollution.
j6PBj TIL that the first time the Albanian language was mentioned in History was a witness of a crime reporting he had heard someone yelling in Albanian.