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v1YpD TIL that Richard Stanley the film director once escaped from war torn Afghanistan with his wounded cameraman after he took the LSD he had with him.. He said the LSD saved his life as he could see in the dark and believed he could smell the land mines....
MM40 TIL The Albuquerque Isotopes minor league baseball team was actually named after the baseball team in The Simpsons
e0xVD TIL that President William McKinley (who was assassinated) often wore a trademark good luck charm. It was a red carnation worn on his lapel. While meeting with the public a 12 year old girl asked him for the flower. He gave it to her and moments later was shot.
PMBJ TIL that after Steve Irwin’s death, his fans began cutting the tails off stingrays in revenge attacks
dDPr TIL That caskets are rectangular and coffins are tapered at the shoulder