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TIL that comedian/actor Drew Carey attempted suicide twice when he was a young adult

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b9NoQ TIL that a small puncture in a hydraulic line can produce a needle like stream that shoots oil into the blood if interfered, and that these cases often get misdiagnosed
Wk1wd TIL that bees will not build in a gap that is very specifically 6-9 mm in width (but they WILL build in larger or smaller spaces). This discovery, called "bee space", made modern beehives with removeable "frames" for honeycomb possible; otherwise, the bees would just cement everything together.
R7XBw TIL that medical examiners and coroners determine the cause of death. Medical examiners are medically trained but coroners aren't required to be medically trained. In many states, you only have to be of legal age and have no felony convictions to be elected coroner.
myGO TIL that Werner Klemperer, who played the bumbling Col. Klink on Hogan’s Heroes, had a clause in his contract stipulating that Klink would always be portrayed as a fool, and never be victorious over Hogan, or he would quit the show.
vPBjr TIL: there was only one civilian casualty during the Battle of Gettysburg. After fleeing to her sisters house from the initial fight, a stray bullet hit Mary Wade while she was baking bread for the retreating Union army