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TIL that Harry Whittington, the man Dick Cheney shot in the face in a hunting accident, revealed in 2010 that Cheney has neither publicly nor privately apologized to Whittington for the shooting.

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71nP TIL During WWI, On christmas of 1914, the british and germans lay down their weapons, crossed no man’s land, and joined each other to celebrate. They exchanged food, played games, sang songs, and even attended burials for each side. This was seen as a symbolic moment during the conflict.
W7yPd TIL, that in 2014 the U.S. for-profit company Pearson took control of the high school GED afterwards, there was a 90 percent drop-off in pass rates.
negE7 TIL that everyone has been pronouncing word Ye and “Ye olde” wrong, the Y is actually a Thorn which is still pronounced ⟨th⟩
x6j91 TIL On the night of October 12, 2010, 69 days after the San Jose mine in Chile collapsed, all 33 miners that had been trapped almost half mile underground, were all rescued. Currently, this is still the longest underground survival story in history.
6EdMQ TIL that at the height of his consumption, Dennis Hopper was doing three grams of cocaine a day, drinking 28 beers and a half gallon of rum — plus another fifth of rum in case he ran out.