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TIL that after Stalin had a stroke and his Blood Pressure raised to 210/120, doctors decided to apply leeches to his neck and face in an attempt to make it drop. Died 2 days later.

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gMrXy World record after world record after world record
neX9W TIL that each cat species can either purr or roar, but no species can do both.
R8aa TIL that a 19 year old garbage man won 14 million in the British Lottery in 2002, spent it all on gambling drugs and prostitutes. He is now a garbage man again.
0dWPR TIL about Dr. Hwang Woo-suk: The Scientist Who Cloned a Dog and the Infamous Stem Cell Research Scandal, but No Success in Human Cloning
Jo9B TIL the “bar” in Law, isn’t just the name of the exam. It refers to the physical gated wall in a courtroom dividing the lawyers and judges from the general viewing public. “Passing the bar” gains you admittance to work on the other side of the wall.