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TIL 2 Muslim Chechen teens saved 23 people during the Norway terrorist attack by Anders Breivik. A 3rd teen died trying to help.

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R7m6Q TIL about long-time nuclear waste warning messages, including a "landscape of thorns whose shape suggests danger and bodily harm".
loY9r TIL Marlon Brando once punched a paparazzi so hard in the face it broke his jaw and he ended up losing five teeth... the paparazzi ended up wearing a football helment when taking pictures from that point onward
d8WP7 TIL in 1994, the Surgeon General of the U.S. was fired for saying masturbation is "part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught."
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