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TIL that the Yangtze River’s actual name is the “Chang Jiang” River

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0wwBv TIL that as a part of his celibacy experiments, Mahatma Gandhi used to sleep nude with his young female companions which included his 17 year old grand-niece Mridula Gandhi
X0Y9r TIL during Leon Trotskys assisination he fought back fiercely, breaking the assasins hand. But was struck in the head with an ice axe. When guards rushed in, they nearly killed the assasin, but Trotsky insisted he be interrogated. Despite emergency surgery, Trotsky died the next day from blood loss.
GBM5 TIL:Ernest Hemingway survived,anthrax,pneumonia, dysentery,diabetes,high blood pressure,two successive plane crashes that resulted in ruptured kidney and liver, broken skull, second degree burns, and numerous other accidents, then won the Nobel Prize in Literature and eventually committed suicide.
16kjP TIL that some helicopters have various parts that are intentionally designed asymmetrically, to compensate for the tail rotor pushing the helicopter sideways when it’s hovering. They also have asymmetrical landing gear for the rotor to remain level when landed
R5aj9 TIL American rapper Jay-Z stabbed a man in at an album release party, with a 5-inch blade in the stomach, after rumours the man was behind the bootlegging of one of his albums. He later pleaded guilty to third-degree assault, accepting a 3-year probation sentence.