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TIL about the existence of a medieval New England in Crimea

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mXAM TIL that in 1978 a Russian scientist was accidentally shot through the head by particle accelerator. He lived, but the shot side of this face is now paralyzed and does not age.
BXgK TIL that as an unintended side effect of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, a human free nature preserve has been created that is now acting as a valuable habitat to many endangered species, such as the Korean Tiger and Red Crowned Crane.
wEwo TIL the NYPD once strip-searched a black man, cuffed him with his hands behind his back, sodomized him with a plunger, then jammed the plunger handle into his mouth. His colon and bladder were severly damaged. The NYPD claimed his injuries were the result of “abnormal homosexual activities”.
p8YPe TIL that Nike lost the renewal of their shoe contract with Stephan Curry because they continually mispronounced his name during the sales pitch and because they used the same slide show with Curry as they did with Kevin Durant, but left Durant's name in the slideshow instead of putting Curry's.
9wr66 TIL croissants are crescent shaped and they're called that because it's the French word for it