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TIL in 2000, you could pay to be shot out of a Medieval trebuchet. Predictably, a student died.

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R7pyw TIL former President Jimmy Carter does not receive federal retirement health benefits because he only worked for the government for four years, less than the five years needed to qualify
vAgx TIL: In her 85 years of life, Napoleon Bonaparte’s mother (1750-1836) lived long enough to see the collapse of the French monarchy, the French Revolution, the crowning of her son as Emperor, his death, the collapse of his empire, and the restoration of the monarchy.
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