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TIL the Leeroy Jenkins video was staged

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1ayXr TIL that there was a mysterious disease that existed in Guam. It was the leading cause of adult death between 1945 & 1956. Fruit bats were part of the local diet at the time & became extinct as a result of over hunting. A decline in fruit bat consumption led to a decline in incidence of the disease
9wlmB TIL that relations between Joe Fraizer and Muhammad Ali were so bad, that at one point Fraizer said that Ali’s Parkinson’s was a punishment from God.
ne7X9 TIL- Samsung has automated armed sentry guns in Korea's 'de-militarized zone'
D1dxJ TIL that despite 12 indictments and several convictions of high level officials involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, all perpetrators were either pardoned or had sentences overturned resulting in no prison time. The only person to go to jail was a minister who stole a street sign in protest.
mxweM TIL refried beans are only fried once. The misconception comes from a poor translation of “frijoles refritos” which means “well fried beans”