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TIL that gunfights were still legal in the US less than 90 years ago

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Vowp TIL that Ayn Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged, died while being mostly alone, stricken by poverty and sickness of post lung-cancer and relying on public welfare and assistance programs, such as Social Security and Medicare.
6pgJ TIL early Christians encouraged Vegetarianism
Bre4r TIL some blind people can understand speech that is almost three times faster than the fastest speech sighted people can understand. Research suggests that a section of the brain that normally responds to light is re-mapped in blind people to process sound.
XEOPj TIL James Bond creator Ian Fleming chose the super spy's name based on the fact that he "wanted the simplest, dullest, plainest-sounding name I could think of."
b9Rm9 TIL that the WWF wrestler Ludwig Borga AKA Tony Halme released a rap album whilst working as a representative in the Finnish Parliament