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TIL that Germans at the Oktoberfest have a term “Bierleichen” or “Beer Corpses” for those who pass out from excessive drinking

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w0nY TIL 22 US veterans kill themselves every day
X0VaP TIL one of the reasons Persia is now called Iran was listed in the official memorandum as “From the racial standpoint Iran (Persia) was the birthplace and cradle of the Aryan race"
GYpl1 TIL: Inspired by a Renaissance writer who said "a well-rounded man should be an artist, a warrior and philosopher" JASON EVERMAN, original bassist for Nirvana, joined the US military, the Special Forces, studied under monks in Tibet and earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Columbia.
MenRb TIL in 1961 the entire U.S. figure skating team died in an airplane crash - causing a mandate still in effect that no team travelling to international competition would be allowed to fly together ever again
aWYo TIL of “White Death”, a Finnish sniper in WW2, who holds the record for the most confirmed kills (505) in any major war. When asked what he felt when killing an enemy soldier, he responded, “The recoil.”