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TIL that pistol dueling with wax bullets was once an Olympic sport.

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b647N TIL that the US had something called “ugly laws”
naDb TIL… In 1977, a 23-year old graduate student stumbled upon a compound with effects similar to heroin. He made a bunch and shared it with his friends to get high, except the batch he made was contaminated with a toxic byproduct that left them all with debilitating Parkinson’s Disease within a week.
R74d6 TIL Dr. Hans Asperger, who first identified what would become known as "Asperger’s syndrome", personally recommended some of his child patients to be transferred into the Nazi's "child euthanasia" programs, including one where at least 800 children were killed. He later worked for the Hitler Youth.
XaaR TIL Robert Heft designed the 50 star American Flag in 1958 as a 17 year old for a high school class project. He received a B-, though it was changed to an A after his flag design was chosen and adopted by presidential proclamation after Alaska and before Hawaii were admitted into the union.
ZpwYa TIL: Dogs that get fed once daily, have better outcomes across 9 categories of health conditions compared with dogs that eat more frequently.