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TIL that actor Brian Blessed has climbed Everest 3 times, is the oldest man to trek to the North Pole on foot and undertook an expedition to the deep jungles of Venezuela

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ALWo TIL Al Capone was known for sending flowers to rival gang member’s funerals; one funeral he spent over $5000 on flowers.
GYOa1 TIL children and pregnant women will absorb more consumed lead (50% of volume) than a non-pregnant adult (5-10%) because children's and pregnant women's bodies have a higher demand for calcium (and Pb readily substitutes for Ca).
LDnZ TIL that in 1959, the guy who wrote “Louie, Louie” sold the song’s rights for $750 to pay for his wedding. In the mid-80s, he was living on welfare with his mom in South Central LA, when a lawyer convinced him to take action to get the rights back. He settled out of court and became a millionaire.
xrvo TIL when James Brady (the man paralyzed by a gunshot wound from the Ronald Reagan assassination attempt) died in 2014, it was ruled a homicide 33 years after the incident.
dbJr TIL of Ossip Bernstein, a famous chess grandmaster, who was sentenced to death by the Bolsheviks in 1918. While he was facing the firing squad, a russian officer that heard his name offered him the chance to prove his identity in a game of chess. He beat the officer and was released.