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Cigarettes were considered ‘healthy’ in the past until they killed hundreds later. Similarly, What do you think is considered ‘normal’ now but may be potentially killing us?

by QuestionGuy January 21, 2022, 9:58 pm

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TIL that only one person has ever been killed directly by a meteorite

by whatilearned January 21, 2022, 9:47 pm

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TIL that during a game against rival college Arizona State in the late 80’s, ASU fans harassed now head coach of the Golden State Warriors Steve Kerr about how his father was killed by gunmen in Lebanon. He proceeded to drop 20 in the first quarter alone, making all 6 of his three point attempts.

by whatilearned January 20, 2022, 3:50 am

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TIL One of the earliest quotations of the saying “Fortune favors the brave” came from Pliny the Elder, who said it before setting sail towards the erupting Mount Vesuvius, where he was killed instantly

by whatilearned January 19, 2022, 10:31 pm

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TIL of Jackson C. Frank, a folk singer who released just one album in 1965. His life was a tragedy: a boiler explosion at school killed 15 of his classmates and severely burned him. Later, his son died of cystic fibrosis. Then, while homeless, his eye was shot out in a random attack.

by whatilearned January 19, 2022, 3:49 pm

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TIL three of the four US presidents that were assassinated were killed in a 36-year time frame between 1865 and 1901.

by whatilearned January 19, 2022, 3:35 am

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TIL Georg Wilhelm Richmann was the first person in history to have died while conducting electrical experiments. He was attending a meeting when he heard thunder, so he ran home to capture the event. A lightning ball appeared and collided with him, blew his shoes open and killed him.

by whatilearned January 19, 2022, 1:40 am

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TIL that singer Al Bowlly was killed by a German parachute mine in his London home in 1941. He recorded over a thousand songs in his career, including “Midnight, the Stars and You”, which is played in the final moments of the film “The Shining”.

by whatilearned January 17, 2022, 6:59 pm

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TIL that the Indonesian Army nearly conducted an amphibious landing in Somalia in order to free the crew of an Indonesian cargo ship captured by pirates. The plan was never executed because the pirates were all killed by Indonesian Special Forces and the hostages freed before they made it to shore.

by whatilearned January 16, 2022, 12:22 pm

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TIL of Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon, a stuntwoman who nearly died during the making of Back to the Future 2. She was killed after initiating a shoot-out with her ex-husband.

by whatilearned January 15, 2022, 12:57 am

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Gingers of Reddit, how do you feel about the fact that thousands of your kind are killed each year just to make ginger ale?

by QuestionGuy January 14, 2022, 12:11 am

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TIL: Quentin Roosevelt, the youngest son of Theodore Roosevelt, was killed during WWI, in aerial combat over France, on Bastille Day in 1918. The Germans gave him a state funeral because his father was Theodore Roosevelt. Quentin is also the only child of a US President to be killed in combat.

by whatilearned January 13, 2022, 11:39 am

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