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TIL The Veterans Administration lobotomized over 1900 veterans of World War II

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yQ0Xw TIL John Mellencamp has dated and broken up with Meg Ryan twice, even going as far as getting engaged the second time.
wLj7M TIL One April day in 1930, the BBC reported, "There is no news." Instead they played piano music.
wL14E TIL TED held its first conference in 1984 and included presentations from Apple, Sony and other professionals. It was a finalcial flop and it took 6 years for them to organize the next event in 1990.
oRNY TIL A British officer once led his crew in singing “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” as their ship was sinking
RY8 TIL that comedian Dick Shawn suffered a massive heart attack onstage and died because the audience thought it was part of his act.