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TIL that Ernest Hemingway was not the only one in his family to commit suicide. His father, sister, brother, son, and granddaughter also committed suicide. This is the origin of the term “Hemingway curse”.

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QJLPp TIL in 1974, the British Army took over Heathrow Airport. Although it was publicly said to be practice against an IRA plot, PM Wilson and the government had no knowledge of the exercise. It was later revealed that the British Army was planning a coup, and it was a trial run.
kO6Ke TIL of Bill Weaver, the man who fell 78,000 feet from and SR-71 Blackbird test flight at Mach 3.2, and survived.
ZNxY TIL the UN put the cost of solving World Hunger at $30 billion a year. That’s less than $100 a year or around $7 a month per person in the United States.
e0QV5 TIL that during WWII Polish children and women were given refuge by an Indian king.
oYLo TIL an Indiana man who repeatedly drugged his wife, raped her in her sleep, and videotaped the assaults over a three year period received no jail time, 8 years home confinement, and a 12 year suspended sentence. Prosecutors had asked for 40 years in prison.