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TIL In 1997 at the masters tournament Tiger Woods won by 12 strokes ahead of the competition setting a record.

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j6n8M TIL in 1864 near Platte Valley, Nebraska where George Martin and his two sons were attacked by Sioux warriors near their homestead. As the boys fled on horseback, a single arrow pierced both pinning them together and causing them to fall; though presumed dead they survived to tell the story.
KYNy9 TIL In 2019 a man in the United States had a bone marrow transplant for leukemia and four years later his semen was the same as the donor. So, if he had children, they wouldn't have his DNA....he is now considered a chimera.
J448 TIL courtroom tv judges aren’t actually presiding over civil cases. They’re acting as arbitrators over dramatizations of legal cases that are resolved through a form of binding arbitration.
OoZZ7 TIL of operation Tamarisk | During the cold war, soviet troops weren't issued toilet paper in the field, leading to them using official documents; Spies were sent in to retrieve these documents from disposal bins. It's seen as one of the most successful espionage missions of the cold war.
xL9w TIL cocaine increases that chance of having a heart attack within the hour by 2,400%