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TIL that in 1978 a Russian scientist was accidentally shot through the head by particle accelerator. He lived, but the shot side of this face is now paralyzed and does not age.

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e04r6 TIL in one of Charles XII's (King of Sweden) drunken escapades he forced a bear to drink so much wine that it fell out of the palace window and died. After this incident Charles vowed to quit drinking which he adhered to, with a few small exceptions, for the rest of his life.
YkrG TIL: Lyndon B. Johnson called his penis “Jumbo”, and would occassionally not zip up and ask a colleague if they had seen anything as big as his penis.
j6ZXv TIL that the UK’s coins each have a part of the Royal Shield on the back, and if they’re arranged correctly the whole shield can be seen.
j6w1Q TIL that a 1904 Swiss law allows local governments to kill people’s dogs if they don’t pay a “dog tax”
0wOa1 TIL about Yolanda Saldivar, a nurse who quit her job to become Tejana music star Selena's fan club president in San Antonio, then proceeded to embezzle thousands from her. She shot the singer dead in 1995 after being confronted for her actions.