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TIL of Saitō Musashibō Benkei, a Japanese warrior who is said to have killed in excess of 300 trained soldiers by himself while defending a bridge. He was so fierce in close quarters that his enemies were forced to kill him with a volley of arrows. He died standing upright.

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5VBnr TIL Eva Peron (Evita), wife of Argentina's president Juan Peron, died of cervical cancer at the age of 33.He never told her that she had cancer and was dying. Ironically, his first wife also died of cervical cancer at 28 yrs old. Doctors felt that he passed the HPV virus on to his wives.
gwKL TIL of Hanlon’s Razor, an adage that describes people’s tendency to suspect intentional wrongdoing rather than carelessness: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.”
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N7MAE TIL that Jackie Chan, starred in a porn movie in 1975 during his early career struggle. Not only was he in a porn movie, but it remains to this day the only movie he has ever been involved with that doesn’t include a fight scene or a stunt sequence.