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TIL Mikhail Kalashnikov, creator of the AK-47, regretted its deadly legacy and feared he was responsible for millions of deaths.

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4XpDb TIL that Arrhichion is the only person to have won an Olympic event while dead. His opponent suffocated him during a game of pankration, essentially a no-holds-barred fight, but didn't realize that he had killed Arrhichion and surrendered due to his injuries.
pYZYG TIL Sorcery is punishable by death in Saudi Arabia
epxWL TIL about "Hammerspace," the imaginary dimension from which cartoon characters pull out random objects.
VMAQD TIL the streets of medieval England were often named after the activities that went on there (Baker Street, Church Hill). "Gropecunt Lane" is exactly what you think it is.
4XX4w TIL Terry Gross from NPR's Fresh Air does all her interviews in a dark room and they are not face to face , or often even in the same state