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TIL Genghis Khan may have been killed by an arrow to the knee

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mxp6M TIL Supreme Court Justice Bryon White was also an All-Pro running back in the NFL, and led the NFL in rushing twice.
M7ALA TIL about the 1899 Horsey Horseless, a design for an early automobile which contained a wooden horse head and neck attached to the front of the car in an attempt to not frighten horses.
yVYJa TIL Bugs Bunny during World War II, was officially inducted into the marines, who discharged him after the war as a master sergeant.
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16l17 TIL about Johnnie Dodge, an American-born British Army Officer who participated in the Great Escape, got sent to Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp, escaped again, survived being sent back to the camp, and lived through the fire bombing of Dresden.