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TIL a man named Ronald Macdonald robbed a Wendy’s in 2005

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yQlep TIL that 80 years ago in this day Georg Esler tried to kill Hitler with a time bomb. For climate reasons Hitler left the building early than expected and the bomb exploded only 13 minutes after his departure. Everything could have been different.
X00Jk TIL A Stunt Pilot Died Filming 'Top Gun' [1986] in the Same Flat Spin That Almost Killed Maverick
5Yv6k TIL about Liam Ashley a 17 year old boy from New Zealand who had criminal charges pressed against him by his parents for using their car without permission. His parents denied bail so he would be sent to prison. While being transported in a prison van, He was attacked by a offender and killed.
jNLvp TIL that Aladár Gerevich, a Hungarian fencer, is regarded as "the greatest Olympic swordsman ever". The only athlete to win the same event 6 times, winning sabre in 6 Olympics between 1932 and 1960 (the 1940 and 1944 games were cancelled due to WWII). His first and last wins were 28 years apart.
DL0V TIL it is estimated that 40% of all humans to have ever been born did not live past their first birthday.