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TIL that in 1923, a jockey died mid-race but his horse still won the competition.

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neyy7 TIL there's a cancer treatment costing less than $5 USD; it injects ethanol (type of alcohol in beverages) into the tumor with cure rate on par with surgical removal. Duke University scientists boosted the cure rate by creating an ethyl cellulose-ethanol gel, curing 100% of cheek tumors in hamsters.
8ayob TIL about body snatchers aka "resurrection men", paid men that were ought to do grave-robbing. These men provided a number of schools with cadavers, and members of the schools would use influence to keep these men out of jail. People (alive) used Railings to protect graves from body snatchers.
JYQXj TIL Mike Rowe is an honorary lifetime member of the Barbershop Harmony Society. His high school music teacher was quartet singer Fred King, who forced him into barbershop when he heard Mike's voice
epE9k TIL “Maroons” were descendants of escaped slaves who formed their own communities.
ep6mJ TIL that the day after John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. Hinckley's Röhm RG-14 six shot revolver was given to the ATF which was able to trace the gun's origin in just 16 minutes to being purchased at Rocky's Pawn Shop in Dallas, Texas, on October 13, 1980.