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TIL that when Jerry Garcia was a child his brother cut off his middle finger in an axe accident. He also watched his father drown.

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9YwkD TIL a "handsome" gorilla named Shabani is famous in Japan for his good looks
8VrX TIL the U.S. Flag Code says that when a flag is worn out, it should be burned