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TIL Banksy’s New Orleans work is under attack by an anti-graffiti vigilante known only as ‘The Gray Ghost’

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ZpAlo TIL in Canada, December 6th is known as White Ribbon Day. It is the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, in which armed student Marc Lépine murdered 14 female engineering students and injured 14 other people.
LQvpV TIL in 1965, a bus traveling to Ankara collided with a truck carrying nitric acid. The collision caused the acid to spill, and panicked the passengers. They evacuated the bus and suffered burns ln their feet. 17 people melted to death after jumping into puddle to save theirselves in distress.
W7gKA TIL Like many other places in the body, the mouth also has symbiotic bacteria which contribute to oral health. However if there is gum disease leading to the bacteria entering the bloodstream, that can cause heart disease. So Oral Health is linked to Heart Health.
rRDmx TIL the band Genesis' debut psychedelic rock album "From Genesis to Revelation" was a huge flop, selling only 650 copies, mainly because record stores incorrectly placed the album in their "religious" section
9KZr TIL of a Japanese air ace who was shot in the face during a dogfight. Blind in one eye and part paralysed, “he flew upside down to prevent blood from blinding his other eye”, flew 5 hours back to base, made his report and then had surgery without anasthesia.