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TIL Ted Turner was expelled from Brown University for having a female student in his dorm room.

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Zpy9p TIL In 1943, an American B17-F bomber was heavily damaged during a bombing run over German airspace. In a show of compassion, Ace Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler, then with 27 aerial victories, opted to escort the plane back to Allied airspace. This action saved the lives of almost everyone on board.
pY0gb TIL individual brain size can vary almost twofold among typically developing humans
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jNpGR TIL the term "geek" was originally used to describe someone who was paid to bite the heads off of live chickens as a circus act.
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