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TIL Lt Gen 'Boy' Browning, Commander of the British 1st Airborne Division in WW2 (played by Dirk Bogarde in 'A Bridge too Far'), was married to the famous author, Daphne du Maurier.

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ADkQo TIL in the 1920s, a man falsely claiming to be a doctor implanted goat testicles into people across the US as a cure for all diseases. He was condemned by the AMA and media, but ran for governor of Kansas in 1930, narrowly losing after thousands of votes for him were questionably disqualified.
axeb TIL residents of the city of Glasgow in Scotland have a disproportionately low life expectancy and no one’s sure why.
4XPN6 TIL that dolphins have learned to use rudimentary tools. For example, mother dolphins teach their young to cover their snouts with sponges while foraging on the ocean floor. This prevents them from being stung by venomous creatures.
d8jYj TIL the most G force a person has survived was in the 2003 Chevy 500 when the car driven by Kenny Bräck made contact with Tomas Scheckter's car. This immediately resulted in Bräck's car impacting the catch fence that would record a peak of 214 g meaning he weighed 30000 lbs for a few seconds.
5Qvp TIL that if a shop or restaurant imposes a ‘Minimum Transaction Limit’ on customers, they are in violation of both Visa and MasterCards merchant terms & conditions