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TIL of Đorđe Martinović, a Serbian man who aft breaking a bottle in his anus while mastrubating ended up in the hospital, where he blamed the incident on a violent attack by two Albanians. His story ended up playing a part in the rising ethnic tensions in Yugoslavia which eventually led to the coun

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av50 TIL that flamboyant pianist Liberace almost died on Nov 22, 1963 after inhaling dry cleaning fumes from his newly cleaned costumes. What saved him from death, he said, was being woken up by his entourage to the news that JFK had been assassinated
MMgK TIL that 20 years ago when Zach Galifianakis learned a woman at his laundromat was homeless, he began paying her rent. He still does, and is sure to meet up for the occasional lunch. She will be his date to ‘Hangover Part III’ premiere.
9Y8PG TIL of the Radium Girls, young women who worked by painting clock dials using glow in the dark radium paints. Because they sucked the brush to make them pointier, they were exposed to massive amounts of radiation, some suffering debilitating diseases that eventually killed them.
grl64 TIL 850,000 people were tried in court for taking part in the Rwandan genocide, the last case ended in 2012
xVLy1 TIL Jadav Payeng single-handedly planted a 1,360-acre Forest in India by planting a Tree everyday for 35 years. That Forest is now home to Tigers and above hundred Elephants