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TIL Merriweather Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame committed suicide (brutally) a few years after their expedition and that in some circles it’s believed to have been a murder

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R7Mga TIL Captain Herbert Sobel, portrayed by David Schwimmer in Band of Brothers, landed at Normandy, fought in WW2 and received the bronze star. He later attempted suicide but failed, blinding himself. He died from malnutrition 17 years later. No services were held after his death.
69gbQ TIL Ancient Roman women would wear wigs featuring blonde German hair and black Indian hair mixed together at the same time to show off the civilizations they conquered
LlLp TIL NASA plans to lasso an asteroid and drag it to the moon for astronauts to walk on.
G0GE TIL that despite constituting less than 0.1% of the prison population, the Aryan Brotherhood is responsible for 18-25% of prison murders.
4k6ng TIL Groucho Marx was back in vogue in 1972, and performed at Carnegie Hall, where he reminisced of his nearly 70 years in show biz. A double album record was remarkably successful, Grammy nominated, and placed in the Library of Congress. His accompanist was an then unknown Marvin Hamlisch.