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TIL Serial killer Ivan Milat staged a nine-day hunger strike after being refused permission to play Sony Playstation games in his cell at the state’s toughest jail.

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PN9n TIL the Blues Brothers movie was delayed and way over its original budget, partly thanks to heavy cocaine use on-set that the cast and actors were using during night shooting.
aZXb TIL that 101 years ago, an elephant named Mary, was hung from a crane because she killed her insensitive handler. It was learned after her death she had an abscess in her jaw which her handler kept hitting.
VeEB TIL that there is a New York City based company, Same Ole Line Dudes, who’s service is to wait in lines for people. They have a weekly revenue of $1000, and once had a $14,000 day simply waiting for iPhones.
p8eap TIL The United States used chemical weapons on the Vietnam War. It is estimated that today up to 1 million people are disabled or have health problems as a result of contamination
YpX7A TIL that the autistic spectrum and the distinction between "high functioning" and "low functioning" autism was discovered by Hans Asperger in an attempt to save children in his clinic from the Gestapo during World War 2, who killed disabled children in preparation for the Holocaust.