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TIL Marvin Gaye gave his father the gun that killed him as a Christmas gift

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JYPM8 TIL Queen Elizabeth II stopped breeding Welsh Corgis so none would outlive her. Her last Corgi died in April of 2018.
x6mrw TIL a motorcyclist survived after getting knocked out when a pigeon smashed through his helmet visor & caused him to accelerate from 50mph to 140mph while unconscious. He remained on the bike for 200 more yards before he hit a tree. He had 2 skull fractures with bleeding to his brain & a broken leg.
N7jRN TIL that 1 in 200 Men Are Direct Descendants of Genghis Khan (One of the most ruthless leaders of all time)
AKMd TIL More then 1,400 children where abducted, raped, tortured and trafficked in the sex trade from England between 1997 and 2013. The government covered it up because it would be “giving oxygen” to racism.
N71MQ TIL Boris Mikhailov, captain of the USSR hockey team, was offered a $1 million contract to leave Russia in 1980 after the Miracle on Ice. However, he declined as the KGB was standing next to him when the offer was made.