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TIL that hundreds of prisoners were left to die in their cells during Hurricane Katrina as officials abandoned the prison.

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O7yR TIL that Soviet psychology once classified “the struggle for truth and justice” as a symptom of paranoid, delusional schizophrenia.
QJMwM TIL Because Christopher Nolan shot Dunkirk on film he was able to recover footage from a camera that had sunk.
D10PJ TIL that Robert Liston amputated a patient's leg so fast that he cut off his assistant's fingers and slashed through a spectator's coat. His patient and assistant died due to infection, and the spectator died due to shock, making this medical operation the only known one with a 300% mortality rate.
woNKM TIL in 2016, Mozart sold more CDs than Beyoncé. This was due to the release of a box set commemorating the 225th anniversary of Mozart’s death including 200 discs per set. Each disc counted as a separate sale, propelling Mozart ahead of contemporary artists in CD sales the year.
X0AYX TIL Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders were headed for certain annihilation in their attempt to take San Juan Hill, until the 10th Calvary Buffalo soldiers, on their own request, flanked the Spanish, thus insuring victory.