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TIL terminal patients may exhibit a burst of energy and lucidity near death, it is known as Terminal Lucidity.

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M7D8a TIL, Rosa Luxemburg said her famous quote "remember, those who do not move, do not notice their chains" shortly before shot and killed by a German Nationalist. The man who planned the killing was Waldemar Pabst a fanatical nationalist officer whose paramilitaries became the rank and file for Nazism.
6yaJ TIL North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il was claimed to complete a 72 par course in 34 strokes, managing a world record five holes-in-one, making him the best golfer in the history of the world. It was also apparently the first time he has ever golfed.
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