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TIL the script for Pirates of the Caribbean was originally an adaptation of the video game series Monkey Island

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bbgE TIL James Barry (born 1789-1799 as Margaret Ann Bulkleychose) chose to live as a man so that he could become a surgeon. With his sex only being discovered after his death, Barry was the first qualified female British surgeon known, anticipating the next female physician by over 50 years.
LBod TIL that of the approximately 1.7 million interracial crimes committed in the U.S. each year, 90 percent are committed by blacks against whites.
v1Gxr TIL about a man called Chen Si. Known as the 'Angel of Nanjing', he has prevented over 300 people from jumping off a bridge to their deaths. Each day, he travels 25km to this bridge to save the lives of these people.
eGAg TIL In WWII, German soldiers, high on a drug called Pervitin (crystal meth), would sprint tirelessly through the Ardennes at the onset of the war. Winston Churchill was dumbfounded at their performance. One German general even boasted that his men stayed awake for 17 straight days.
4MPR TIL that when you sign up for the CVS rewards program you are agreeing to wave your HIPAA rights, and CVS can then disclose your medical information to others