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TIL Michael Clarke Duncan was The Notorious B.I.G.’s bodyguard, but let a friend take over for him the night Biggie was killed.

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b9vVE TIL of Vivien Thomas, An African-American surgical technician that developed the procedures used to treat blue baby syndrome ( a fatal heart condition in infants) in the 1940s. He was offered the position of Chief of Surgery at Johns Hopkins (his alma mater) in 1941.
ZRmQ TIL the longest ever recorded sniper kill by British Corporal of Horse Craig Harrison who had to aim 6ft high and 20 inches to the left. The bullet traveled 1.54 miles, dropped 400 feet, and took 6 seconds to arrive.
rNLm4 TIL that Robert Fulton, developer of the first commercially successful steamboat, was involved in multiple polyamorous relationships. One lover, Joel Barlow, wrote him letters in baby talk threatening to cut off his penis. Fulton asked his wife to join a foursome with the Barlows, but she declined.
R5xk7 TIL a 2011 study from UC Berkeley found that Mercedes and BMW drivers were nearly 5 times as likely to cut others off compared to drivers in non-luxury cars.
neyWr TIL Gestapo Chief of Frankfurt, Heinrich Baab, told moms worried about their kids, "Don't worry about those Jewish bastards. You'll soon be on your way up the chimney and your troubles will be over."