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TIL President Garfield’s cause of death wasn’t so much the bullet wound from his assassination attempt as much as it was the treatment he received afterward. His doctors’ clumsy, unsanitary attempts to heal him resulted in a severe, painful infection that killed him three months later.

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jWdQ Til there was an anonymous campaign from different mysterious critics trying to attack and discredit the work of Dr. Heimlich (of the Heimlich manouver). It turns out that all the critics were the same person: his own son.
nenXW TIL that Wal-Mart is the 3rd largest employer in the world, behind only China’s People’s Liberation Army, and The United States’ Department of Defense
ANXg TIL: Lemmy was offered a reality show, but he turned it down claiming he just its around by himself playing videogames, and no one would want to watch that.
WkKVX TIL the term "Genericide"- That if a Trademark begins being used as a generic term for other items of it's kind to the point where it becomes the more common term for the item than the items generic name, the Trademark can be removed. Escalators used to be a trademark but this happened with them.
Rnk7 TIL- After loosing his two daughters and wife in a mid-air collision, the man years later murdered the air traffic controller whom he felt responsible- in front of his family at his home- Then served less than 3 years jail