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TIL Ernest Hemingway survived two blast-type injuries in WW1 and WW2, two plane crashes in Africa, a car accident in London during the blitz, a skylight falling onto his head in Paris and a motor vehicle accident as well as a fall from a fishing boat in Cuba. In total he had nine concussions.

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TIL Ernest Hemingway survived two blast-type injuries in WW1 and WW2, two plane crashes in Africa, a car accident in London during the blitz, a skylight falling onto his head in Paris and a motor vehicle accident as well as a fall from a fishing boat in Cuba. In total he had nine concussions.

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TIL that Paul McCartney’s 1972 protest song “Give Ireland Back to the Irish,” written in response to Bloody Sunday, was banned by the BBC in the UK. Only BBC DJ John Peel defended it, calling the ban “a much stronger political act than the contents of the record itself.”

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TIL about Jasper the Bear. Today, he’s only known as the mascot of Jasper National Park in Canada. But in the 1950s and 60s, he was the star of one of Canada’s most popular comic strips.

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TIL “squirting” was what Microsoft called “sharing” MP3s via their Zune MP3 player and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer tried really hard to sell the feature: “I want to squirt you a picture of my kids. You want to squirt me back a video of your vacation. That’s a software experience.”

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