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TIL the Claim that the Bond girl who was painted gold died of asphyxiation is false.

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RaNj TIL William Shakespeare may have helped translate part of the King James Bible.
r76M TIL there’s a line of 70 foot long concrete arrows that bisects the country longitudinally all the way from San Francisco to New York City. They’re from the pre-digital age and were installed by the Federal gov’t in 1924 with 50’ tall towers with rotating gas-powered lights to aid lost pilots.
kGg5 TIL in the traditional aboriginal Canadian version of lacrosse, teams consisted of 100 to 1,000 men and fields were 500m to 3km long. Games could last up to 3 days straight.
1anwX TIL about Anton Syndrome where some people become blind but deny their blindness. Patients with Anton Syndrome are often found describing people or surroundings that are not present or walking into objects though the patient will continue to deny that they can't see even when presented with evidence
XEYEj TIL that sliced bread was banned in 1943 to save money and help the economy during World War II