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TIL Of a Woman who died during a radio water drinking contest in 2009. Who was trying to win a Nintendo Wii in the "Hold your Wee for a Wii".

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78OWP TIL in 1981, 10% of taxis in New York City were imported Peugeot 505 diesels.
l7pya TIL the last two American Democratic presidents to die were Lyndon B Johnson, who became president when Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, and Harry S Truman, who was president in 1945 during WWII.
jNBMQ TIL the inventor of the Erector Set also released an "Atomic Energy Laboratory" that included real uranium ore. One suggested activity was to play "hide and seek with the gamma ray source" by using the included Geiger counter to find a radioactive sample hidden in a room.
M7PvK TIL that after Filipino gymnast Carlos Yulo won double gold at the Paris Olympics his gifts included a fully furnished three-bedroom home worth US$552,802, a lifetime supplies of free buffets, a lifetime supply of phone cases and free endoscopic procedures for when he turned 45.
ANLlx TIL that Dutch movie director Theo van Gogh’s last movie was about the assassination of a famous Dutch politician. He would eventually be assassinated himself.