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TIL: After starting his first hedge fund in 2006, ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli lost a $2.3m lawsuit to Lehman Brothers. Lehman Brothers collapsed before they could collect.

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neLn9 TIL: An estimated 8 million war horses were killed in conflict during WW I. They were used to help carry food, water, ammunition & medical supplies. More than a million dogs were also killed. They were used as messengers, sentries, rescuers, and small beasts of burden
jBYj TIL prior to WWII a Viennese psychiatrist organized a special counseling program which for the first time in years lead to zero student suicides. Later imprisoned in Nazi camps, his family murdered, he wrote in secret a book about the meaning of life which became a bestseller after his liberation
0wjop TIL the song "Born To Be Wild" was originally written as a ballad by a songwriter going by the stage name Mars Bonfire. He offered the song to numerous bands, but none accepted. Eventually, his brother - the drummer for Steppenwolf - accepted it and they released it as a sped-up rearranged version.
VxPB TIL that James Cromwell had such a significant experience playing farmer Hoggett in the 1995 film Babe that he became an ethical vegan
9wKJ6 TIL that goalkeeper Andy Goram, Glasgow Rangers' greatest-ever goalkeeper, was greeted with the chant of "Two Andy Gorams, there's only two Andy Gorams" by his own fans after it was reported in the press that he had a mild form of schizophrenia