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TIL the Mr. T persona was created by Laurence Tureaud during his years bouncing at night clubs. He would sport the jewelry of customers who lost in fights against him, in which he was in over 200

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j6ZZR TIL at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the New York City Ballet was on tour in the USSR and the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in the USA
wxMo TIL that in 2013, a researcher at UW managed the first human to human brain interface through the Internet by wearing a cap and playing a video game. When he wanted to shoot a missile, he thought “fire” and another researcher across campus’s finger moved involuntarily and pressed the fire button.
Ookgg TIL during the Revolutionary War the smallpox epidemic threatened the troops of G. Washington so badly he forbade inoculating troops fearing that doing so would make too many sick and leave the army without sufficient strength. Washington himself had been exposed when young making him immune.
KOJ8J Mushrooms might save the world
7rooX TIL that in 2015 Tommie Woodward, a 28 year old Texan ignored a large sign that said "No Swimming Alligators" and instead yelled out "f--- the alligators" and jumped in the lake. He was mauled to death almost instantly