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TIL in the 1900s Doctors warned women that riding a bicycle may cause them to acquire "bicycle face"

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b9m9Q TIL In 1975, the mummified body of a bank robber was found in an amusement park by a TV crew. It’d been mistaken for a wax mannequin, and was only found out after a man moved it and its arm fell off, exposing human bone. It was identified as the body of Elmer McCurdy, who had died in 1911.
4X8vX TIL Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark became a pirate to make ends meet after losing his thrones
ZP0R TIL Pianos are so out-of-demand, that you can now adopt one.
OoELX TIL that the 1998 science fiction film "Soldier" starring Kurt Russell was meant to share a universe with "Blade Runner" and has oblique references to it and stories by Philip K. Dick.
xVpX0 TIL Doris Day turned down the Presidential Medal of Freedom, an honorary Academy Award and Kennedy Center Honors Award because her intense fear of flying made it impossible to accept the awards in person.