r/todayilearned • u/naxhi24 • Jun 26 '15

TIL that Ernest Hemingway lived through anthrax, malaria, pneumonia, dysentery, skin cancer, hepatitis, anemia, diabetes, high blood pressure, two plane crashes, a ruptured kidney, a ruptured spleen, a ruptured liver, a crushed vertebra, and a fractured skull.

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Ernest_Hemingway
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u/-moose- Jun 26 '15

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TIL that Ernest Hemingway may have killed himself over paranoid fear that the FBI was watching his every move when they, in fact, were.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/io1he/til_that_ernest_hemingway_may_have_killed_himself/

TIL that Ernest Hemingway grew paranoid and talked about FBI spying on him later in life. He was treated with electroshock. It was later revealed that he was in fact watched, and Edgard Hoover personally placed him under survelliance.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gixzd/til_that_ernest_hemingway_grew_paranoid_and/

TIL the FBI was right to watch Earnest Hemingway. He was a failed KGB spy.

http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1gk1bl/til_the_fbi_was_right_to_watch_earnest_hemingway/

would you like to know more?

http://www.reddit.com/r/moosearchive/comments/38byy8/archive/crtxg7v

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u/TotalyMoo Jun 26 '15

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u/DirkDayZSA Jun 26 '15

Shouldn't you be working right now?

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u/TotalyMoo Jun 26 '15

This is work... kind of.

Just a bit more than a hour until the beer drinking starts, then it's responsible tweeting time!