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TIl in August 1966, Charles Whitman climbed to the top of the clock tower at the University of Texas and used a high power rifle to kill 17 people. His autopsy showed that he had a highly malignant brain tumor that might have caused his murderous behavior.

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M7Yo0 TIL that Monrovia, the capital of Liberia in West Africa, is the second national capital to be named after a US president (James Monroe), apart from Washington DC. It also is the only national capital named after a leader of a different country.
nelyd TIL that the snow in 'The Wizard of Oz' was asbestos. The Wicked Witch’s broom was made of asbestos, as was the Scarecrow’s entire outfit despite the fact that asbestos’ health risks were already known at the time in 1939.
yaQ8 TIL That facing defeat and surrounded by the Roman army, Hannibal sent oxen with torches tied to them toward the Roman camp, causing the Romans to send their entire army to meet the oxen while Hannibal and his men escaped through a mountain pass that the Romans had been blocking before the deception
Z8LZR TIL Along with blondes, redheads are the most likely to gray (or, in reality, white) early on, since their hair already lacks the pigment. Caucasians also develop gray hairs earlier than other races, while Asians are the second and African Americans are the third
lEMA TIL Bayer Pharmaceutical knowingly shipped out HIV-tainted blood transfusions to Hemophiliacs in countries such as France, Spain and Japan during the 1980s. They eventually paid millions out in lawsuits but no Bayer executive was ever charged with a crime.