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OGAL1 TIL About the Hurst Rescue System 1, an AMC Gremlin specially modified to transport an early version of the Jaws of Life, along with first aid and firefighting equipment. It was marketed to municipalities and race tracks as a first responder vehicle.
j6RVX TIL that Sir Edward Elgar, composer of, "Pomp and Circumstance March No.1," more commonly known as "The Graduation Song" never actually finished school himself. He only received general education until the age of fifteen. Meanwhile, most of his musical talent came from self-teaching and study.
wLRMY TIL 50 Cent tragically lost his mother when he was 8 years old. His mother, Sabrina Jackson, died in 1983 in a 'mysterious fire'. 50 Cent said in an interview, "Someone put something in her drink and turned the gas on."
Z8neB TIL: In 2002 a Welshman in Bury St. Edmunds refusing to pay a small penalty charge for a vehicle-registration violation demanded a trial by combat with the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency. His demand was rejected, and he was fined by a court.
rRNZM TIL in 1997 Vladimir Markov, a tiger poacher managed to shoot and wound a tiger and steal it's recent kill, but the tiger escaped. The tiger later found Markov's hunting cabin. He wasn't home, so the tiger tore the place up and waited. When Markov came home he was attacked and killed, but not eaten.