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TIL Scottie from Mythbusters quit welding and became a dental hygenist

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71AO TIL that women in America began smoking cigarettes in public thanks to Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, who used his uncle’s theories and press release technique to give women this freedom. He was actually employed by a tobacco corporation which needed to sell more.
Oo66X TIL that in 2016, the worlds tallest waterslide decapitated a 10 year old due to gross negligence and all charges were dismissed.
VmmD TIL A Milwaukee man in prison for a fatal shooting, broke out, took on the identity of a dead child and became a successful business man. It all unraveled 33 years later when his wife came across a Facebook post mentioning the dead child.
kl7m TIL a man named Russell Jones, an art director from Park Slope, Brooklyn, received numerous phone calls from Wu-Tang fans who thought he was Russell Jones aka Ol’ Dirty Bastard. One time, Jones received a phone call from Method Man himself, who asked to speak to “Dirty”.
9w4jG TIL of the Tlatelolco massacre, a student protest that led to hundreds of deaths and thousands of people being injured, after the mexican government had snipers firing at the Mexican Armed Forces to make it appear the protest had turned violent and justify the massacre