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TIL the American government poisoned alcohol during its prohibition causing a number of deaths

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ZL14 TIL that the Titanic captain Edward Smith had crashed another ship just seven months before the Titanic sunk
78JPX TIL on January 25, 1979, Robert Williams became the first known robot fatality.
8axkZ TIL Robin Williams accidentally broke Robert De Niro's nose in the 1990 movie Awakenings. But De Niro was actually fine with it. He broke his nose back in the 1980 movie Raging Bull, so breaking it again in the other direction straightened it out.
MNWV TIL That the Roman Emperor Nero married two men, once as the bride and once as the groom.
p8Nnp TIL, Edsel Ford was responsible for previous generations of the Lincoln Continental automobile, and would also bring hydraulic brakes to cars, he also had a role in producing military products at Willow Run in the 1940s.