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TIL of Derek Amato, who after a head injury, was diagnosed with Acquired Musical Savant Syndrome, and suddenly could play expert level piano. When asked during an interview to perform a simple song, “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”. He attempted, struggled, and gave up.

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epPwD TIL there is an inmate on Texas’ Death Row called William George Davis. He was a former nurse, who was sentenced for killing 4 people by injecting air into their arterial systems. He supposedly did this to extend the patients time in the ICU letting him earn more overtime pay.
Zp44Y TIL Orion Pictures felt the 1989 film UHF would be more successful if it was PG-rated. To do it, two scenes would have been removed: one where a man gets his thumb cut off with a table saw and one where poodles were thrown out a window. Weird Al refused and did not regret it. No poodles were harmed.
GADDg Today I learned Francis Pegahmagabow was a canadian sniper during ww1 with 378 confirmed kills making him the deadliest sniper of the first world war.
vPa4 TIL: Lauri Törni was an officer who during WW2 served both the Finnish Army and the Waffen SS of Nazi Germany, both decorated him highly. After the war, he immigrated to the US and became a highly decorated Green Beret, served as inspiration for John Wayne’s Green Beret and then died in Vietnam.
d8MKr TIL all English males over the age of 14 are to carry out two hours of longbow practice every week, supervised by the local clergy. This law dates from the Middle Ages, and is still in place today