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TIL of the competitive sport of Hobby Horsing. Competitors compete in events such as Show Jumping, Dressage, Freestyle and Time trials.

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Or0a TIL When faced with a terminal illness, medical professionals, who know the limits of modern medicine, often opt out of life-prolonging treatment
mLGE TIL that in 1968 Robert F Kennedy said he thought the US would have a black president within 40 years.
GYQBj Today I learned that Thomas Edison killed a man by subjecting him to huge amounts of x-ray radiation through the use of his "flouroscope". Clarence Dally's hands were used for experiments and to show off x-ray capabilities, which eventually lead to him getting radiation sickness and cancer.
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