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TIL of Henryk Siwiak, a Polish man shot in New York on the night of September 11th 2001. Owing to the chaos of the 9/11 attacks, his death was never properly investigated and no one has ever been charged with his murder

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BrMOW TIL Rage Against The Machine bassist Tim Commerford was arrested at the 2000 MTV VMAs for protesting Limp Bizkit by climbing the show’s set. The band pleaded with him not to but video director Michael Moore told him, "Timmy, Follow your heart." He then rushed the stage. The band broke up soon after.
Merb7 TIL Crows were the cause of the exploding toad mystery in Germany simply because they wanted to eat toad liver.
Wk6G8 TIL About Desmond Doss, a non-combatant combat medic with an infantry company serving in World War II. At the Battle of Okinawa, he single handedly saved 75 mens lives, one at a time whilst under gunfire, becoming the only conscientious objector to receive the medal of honour for his actions.
R7x61 TIL The fruit and veg we eat is slowly becoming less and less nutritious due to soil depletion.
oBk87 TIL An American woman from California named Carla de Vries kissed Hitler at the Berlin Olympics in 1936