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TIL Chris Kyle, known as the most lethal sniper in United States history, lost his life at 38 when he tried to help Eddie Ray Routh, a veteran suffering with PTSD, by taking him to a gun range. Instead, Routh turned his gun on Kyle and killed him.

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QJA5d TIL that during World War II, the US Navy’s Third Fleet and Fifth Fleet were largely composed of the same ships. The change in Fleet numbers was used to designate which Admiral was in command at the time ( Halsey or Spruance) and to make the Japanese think there were twice as many ships.
5Gxr TIL that the strawberry attached to a typical tomato pincusion is filled with abrasive emery, and used to sharpen pins and needles.
womXJ TIL that a fake baby (doll) was used in the 2014 film American Sniper because the real baby that was supposed to play in the scene showed up with a fever and the second baby was a no show. In one media screening of the film, the audience laughed out loud at how artificial the doll appeared.
bO47 TIL a Philadelphia man on a business trip to Boston noticed paper curling out from behind his office blinds. He flipped the blinds and saw a giant photo of his identical twin brother staring back at him. His twin had worked in the same office in the same building years earlier.
xVL91 TIL that according to a 2010 study from the University of Oxford, big butts result in healthy children because of the high amount of Omega 3 fatty acids (the good fatty acids) stored. These are the same fatty acids that are responsible for the normal development of the baby's brain.