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TIL that King George V's doctor intentionally overdosed him with morphine and cocaine in order to meet the Times' press deadline of midnight

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VN5k TIL of the Tulsa race riot, where a group of white people burned down 35 city blocks which contained the wealthiest african-american community in the country, using aircraft to drop firebombs. 10,000 black people were made homeless.
GrDJ TIL It took about a year to make the 4 minutes of CGI used in Jurassic Park
Q01M TIL WMDs were found in Iraq after all.
GAGdQ TIL that human teeth are the only part of the body that cannot repair themselves.
xmOw TIL a local fisherman in Costa Rica nursed a crocodile back to health after it had being shot in the head, and released the reptile back to its home. The next day, the man discovered “Pocho” had followed him home and was sleeping on the mans porch. For 20 years Pocho became part of the mans family