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TIL that famous boxing promoter Don King has been arrested for murder twice, one involved beating an employee to death over $600

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R5gkj TIL that the US Air Force has never drafted anyone into service and is the only branch to never use conscripts
rN9Qd TIL that after Rocky Marciano knocked one of his opponents Carmine Vingo into a coma, he stopped boxing until Vingo had recovered.
awLXL TIL about mass suicides; occurring as early as 206 BC in Astapa to as late as 1946 in Bali, Indonesia. These mass suicides, which can reach a toll of thousands, are a form of political protest of defeated groups against their aggressors and are regarded as an honorable act of heroism.
loWVV TIL: Squirrels (unlike most other mammals) can survive impacts at their terminal velocity. Which means no matter what height you drop a squirrel from, it will probably survive.
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