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TIL Teddy Roosevelt nearly died on several occasions while exploring the previously uncharted River of Doubt. After surviving a close call with a coral snake and an emergency surgery on his leg, he became delirious with a fever and repeatedly demanded to be left alone to die in the jungle.

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D1LxV TIL that Mark Hamill voices Master Eraqus and Leonard Nimoy voices Master Xehanort in Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep. The game’s creator, Tetsuya Nomura, cast them because the rivalry between the characters mirrors the rivalry between Star Wars and Star Trek.
OKd1 TIL in Dante’s Inferno, bankers were placed in a lower rung of hell than murderers because Dante condemned excessive (>10%) of Interest on Loans.
X0OnR TIL Samuel L. Jackson once held Martin Luther King Jr.'s dad hostage.
b9yJ0 TIL golfers were arrested in South Carolina for teeing it up on a Sunday – a clear violation of the state’s Blue Laws. The laws, which were heavily influenced by the Ten Commandments, were strictly enforced by Governor John G. Richards.
W76Z9 TIL of the shortest-lived peerage in British history; painter Francis Leighton died with no heirs just one day after being named the 1st Baron Leighton, extinguishing the title.