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TIL i learned about the russian cosmonaut who fell to his death cussing

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p8REO TIL of a 12-year-old boy named Santos Rodriguez who on July 24, 1973 was killed in Dallas by a police officer, Darrell Cain, while being interrogated with his brother about "theft of change from a soda machine". Cain was conducting Russian roulette on the brothers to force a confession from them.
9YYWX TIL that U.S. law states only dead people can appear on currency
p86aQ TIL bears in china are caged as cubs and never released, with many kept caged for up to 30 years in a practice called "bile farming"
n9QY TIL Ryan Gosling was cast in the movie “The Notebook” because the director was looking for someone that was “not handsome” and “not cool”.
Z8Nbv TIL that "Share the Road" signs are being replaced by signs that say "Bicycles May Use Full Lane" because so many people misunderstood the meaning of "Share the Road"