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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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6LEQ TIL a 5 year old child was sacrificed in Chile after the largest earthquake ever recorded. The two charged were released after 2 years, as the judge ruled they “acted without free will, driven by an irresistible natural force of ancestral tradition.”
6dQJ TIL that the word “callipygian” is used to describe someone with beautifully shaped buttocks.
XE8NE TIL Sean Bean was so afraid of flying during the filming of LOTR that he would hike a few miles up the mountain to get to the set’s location, sometimes in full costume and gear.
Jl0V TIL in response to Million Dollar Baby, a disability rights group criticized Eastwood for having a vendetta against the disabled. Eastwood responded: I’ve gone around in movies blowing people away with a .44 magnum. But that doesn’t mean I think that’s a proper thing to do.
wLRJE TIL A top NASA astronaut was accused of hacking her estranged spouse's bank account from space