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TIL of the story of George Pickering, who barricaded and held hospital staff at gun point to keep them from taking his son off life support. After negotiating with SWAT to extend his sons care, his son made a full recovery.

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5Yy88 TIL that Argentina is the country that consumes the most soda every year, with 155 liters per person per year.
WkE1Y TIL about Golden Rice, genetically modified rice that has an increased nutritional value in an attempt to fight malnutrition in poverty stricken places.
kWPW TIL on this day in 1351, 30 knights from England and France fought a melee to decide which nation would inherit the duchy of Brittany. The fight is hailed as a noble display of the ideas of Chivalry
r6Yo TIL that the flood scene was so wildly out of control in “Noah’s Ark” (1928) that three extras drowned and one lost a leg. Michael Curtiz - the director - is best known for his film “Casablanca”.
dYX9 TIL During WWII American prisoners under German control had a mortality rate of about 1%. American POW’s under Japanese control had a mortality rate of about 37%