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TIL there was one US Congress member killed in the line of duty, Leo Ryan. He was gunned down while attempting to help families escape Peoples Temple right before the Jonestown Massacre.

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Eg17o TIL The Last Emperor in the WORLD is Naruhito, the Emperor of Japan. No other living Monarch still uses the title.
kQAd TIL Early toxicity tests of Penicillin were performed on live mice. Had the tests been run on the other animals at hand (guinea pigs), we might not be using the antibiotic today, because Penicillin is toxic to guinea pigs.
Egy4o TIL comedian Andy Kaufman was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame last year.
9YPPQ TIL of Major Digby Tatham-Warter, a British major who brought an umbrella into battle, using it to stop an armoured vehicle by poking the driver's eye and saving a chaplain. When a fellow soldier complained about it, he answered "oh my goodness, but what if it rains?"
MKGA TIL two identical twins had sex with the same woman on the same day. She got pregnant and there’s no way to tell who the dad is because the DNA test claims both men have over 99% probability that either is the father