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TIL Ancient Egypt may have had the first health-care plan in the world

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Wakd TIL: A B-17 gunner put out an ammunition fire during a battle by urinating on it - later earning a Medal of Honor
Eg6vo TIL of the 'Petticoat Revolution' of 1916 in which seven women led secret campaigns to gain control of the town of Umatilla, OR
grxK8 TIL Dashrath Manjhi, the "Mountain Man," spent 22 years carving a 110-meter path through a mountain using just a hammer and chisel. Motivated by grief after his wife died due to a long route to the hospital, he shortened the journey from 55 km to 15 km.
YpRMW TIL that in 1998, a 13-year-old Scarlett Johansson lost the lead role in The Parent Trap to Lindsay Lohan.
kJEB TIL that at Treblinka death camp during WWII, the commander of the camp, Kurt Franz, frequently enjoyed kicking and killing babies arriving at the camp.