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TIL of Private Sean Benton, one of four young Army recruits to die at Deepcut Barracks between 1995-2002. He died of five gunshot wounds to the chest. His death was ruled a suicide.

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Oyja TIL that the guy getting punched in the face on Pantera’s album Vulgar Display of Power got paid $300 in total for it. The reason was because it took 30 tries to get it just right.
grnVb TIL: That during the Apollo 11 moon landing, Neil Armstrong was the only one operating the Hasselbad camera and almost all pictures he took were of Buzz Aldrin, NASA could only find 1 picture of Armstrong taken by Aldrin (who was busy with experiments) on that fateful day
lPWa TIL Heavyweight Boxer Wladimir Klitschko donated his 1996 Olympic Gold Medal to a charity auction to help Ukrainian children, and was sold for $1 Million dollars. It was immediately returned to him by the buyer, who wanted it to remain in the Klitschko family.
j6NRj TIL Scott Joplin suffered from syphilis, which came with many side effects that affected his piano playing abilities. Recordings of "Maple Leaf Rag" during his final years were described as "shocking... disorganized and completely distressing to hear".
WkJR9 TIL - Scientists were investigating why thousands of dead fish would occasionally appear on the banks of an African river. They discovered that the fish were dying due to the huge numbers of hippos pooping in the water.