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TIL the last webpage Anthony Bourdain viewed was a prostitution service before killing himself, and that he frequently solicited prostitutes

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lR57 TIL Mercury astronaut Gordon Cooper nearly missed out on his Mercury flight because he buzzed the Johnson Space Center in an F-102 and scared some people.
KOB49 TIL that the Walther PPK, the firearm famously used by James Bond, was the same used by Adolf Hitler to commit suicide
49xg TIL Despite being a Major General, 56, and needing a cane to walk, Theodore Roosevelt Jr was one of the first troops to land at Utah Beach, personally doing a recon mission and directing units onto their objectives under fire. He was both the oldest and highest ranking man to land with first wave.
LkKvP TIL heart surgeon Ellsworth Wareham lead and completed more than 12,000 surgeries up until he was 74 when he then assisted and trained other doctors until he was 95. He drove until 100 and did yard work until the age of 104 when he passed away at home peacefully with his wife of 68 years at his side
E1lQP TIL the French voted a monarchist majority into the National Assembly in the 1870's, which promised to restore the Bourbons. The heir, Henry V, agreed to accept as long as they replaced the tricolor flag with the old royal flag. Ensuing disagreement stalled things enough that they were voted out.