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TIL that the female stunt double from back to the future died this year after a shootout with her ex-husband after a failed ambush

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gMa44 TIL A Lobsters Nervous System is So Similar to a Human's that Human AntiDepressants work on Lobsters
5V5kD TIL the first international war crime trial took place in the Holy Roman Empire in 1474. Peter von Hagenbauch was found guilty of atrocities committed during the occupation of Breisach, and beheaded.
8r7V TIL of the Halcyon, a $2500, LaserDisc-based video game console from 1985. It was entirely voice-activated, and the manufacturer claimed it was as ‘intelligent’ as the HAL 9000. It never saw commercial release, and fewer than a dozen still exist.
oj0L TIL There is a growing consensus that bare-knuckle boxing is safer than gloved boxing. This is as the bones in the hand are considerable weaker than those in the skull, meaning the bare-knuckle fighter can’t punch with full force to the head.
R5mJ4 TIL that in April 2022 the UK government added Hepatitis B to emergency testing when people came to the ER. The results were that 1 in 300 people were diagnosed with Hepatitis B.