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TIL brontosaurus never existed

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BgMdD TIL Artist named William Utermohlen was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 1995, but he continued to make art for the last few years of his life to document the progression of the disease. The progression is so starkly apparent in these that collages of his self-portraits later became NIGHTMARE FUEL meme
WkNpN TIL about Adrian Carton de Wiart, a British soldier. He fought in 3 wars and was shot in the head, face, stomach, ankle, leg, hip, and ear, survived 2 plane crashes, escaped a POW camp and tore off his own fingers when a doctor refused to amputate them. He lived to be 83.
e0QZg TIL there used to be a weight loss product called Ayds. It was discontinued after AIDS became well-known in the 1980s.
l7Lw7 TIL Selena Gomez's mom had her when she was just 16 years old.
EgW9W TIL that Windows on the World, the restaurant at the top of the north tower of the World Trade Center, was the highest grossing restaurant in America in the year 2000.