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TIL that Robert De Niro stalked his own autograph hunters and even agreed to meet one of his long-term stalkers to prepare for his role as an obsessive fan in The King of Comedy

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oROb8 TIL that during the Cold War, the U.S. Army trained elite soldiers to deploy nuclear weapons by hand. They developed special rigs for Special Forces paratroopers to jump with bombs strapped to their chests.
jJrR TIL that during the Aurora movie theater shooting, a man left his girlfriend and two small children in the theater, ran to his car, and drove away. He later proposed to his girlfriend at the hospital. She said yes.
1aO6r TIL researchers found naturally occurring lithium in the water supply lowered suicide rates. They were able to measure lithium levels in 27 Texas counties and show those with more lithium in their water had fewer suicides. Similar studies in Greece, Austria, & Japan corroborated the results.
yrOM TIL the phrase “curiosity killed the cat” was originally “care killed the cat” and had a little used second part “but satisfaction brought it back”
oBdXW TIL 6 geologists were convicted of manslaughter in Italy, 2009, for failing to predict an earthquake