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TIL there is a woman who takes photographs of roadkill to make are.

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nW7QW TIL: Karoly Takacs, a Hungarian Army shooter, lost his winning "right" hand due to a grenade explosion months before the olympic games. He decided to practice shooting with his left hand and won the Hungarian National Pistol Shooting Championship in 1939 & won Gold in 1948 and 1952 olympics.
GlJG TIL In 1943 a Pan Am Airline chef snuck whiskey into passengers’ coffee to warm them up on a winter flight. When asked what kind of coffee they were being served, he improvised “Irish Coffee,” creating the now-famous cocktail.
16VL8 TIL, in 1981 a group of American and Canadian citizens plotted to overthrow the government of Dominica with the aim of reinstalling it's former Prime Minister. The plotters were caught and imprisoned, including the former PM.
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