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TIL Bruce Lee did not die from a faulty prop gun on set, he died in his sleep due to an allergic reaction to the main ingriedient in the painkiller Equagesic.

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Y76dG TIL Engineer Amos Neyhart originated driver education programs in the United States by starting to teach students how to drive in 1933. A drunk driver hit his parked car in 1931 and he believed that the frequency of traffic accidents was due, in part, to the lack of driver training
e0eYg TIL African Elephants are evolving to not have tusks, protecting themselves from poachers but also harming their species
XypX TIL That Segway accused its Chinese copycat of violating its patents. The copycat responded by buying the Segway company.
1o5O TIL that estrogen is a known cancer causing agent, even if grown naturally within the body.
x8Q1 [TIL] Pumpernickle means “devil’s fart” in the Westphalia dialect of German.