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TIL in 2010 during Netherlands' Remembrance Day ceremony a man screamed so loud into crowd of 20,000 people it caused a panic stampede injuring 87.

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x6Log TIL that Könsrock (Swedish for “Genitalia rock”) is a Swedish punk subgenre focusing on toilet humor, handicapped people, diseases, and other taboo topics. The genre was pioneered by the band Onkel Kånkel and his Kånkelbär (“Uncle Dingle and his Dingleberries”).
rNKXM TIL during the Civil War, the US government started printing bills in fractional dollars, rather than coins, due to a metal shortage. Congress passed a law forbidding living people to be on money after the bills' designer put his own face on them, rather than a US president's.
nEX7 TIL: Women were excluded from the White House Correspondents Dinner until 1962, when JFK threatened to boycott unless they were allowed in.
nJeG TIL in 2010 a man named Dan McLaughlin quit his job to diligently train 10,000 hours in hopes of becoming a professional golfer. He’ll be done October 2016.
e04Ek TIL That glass absorbs 97% of UV rays meaning it's equal to SPF 30 sunscreen.