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TIL criminal conversation is an old civil wrong for suing a person who had sexual intercourse with your spouse. Although abolished across the British Isles and 30+ U.S. states, it is still active in a few like North Carolina.

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l7O5K TIL about Judas Goats, a useful albeit brutal method of leading sheep to the slaughter while the goat is spared.
egnD TIL In 1962, a group of scientists wanted to study the effects of LSD on elephants. They injected an elephant with 3,000 times the normal dose given to humans because they assumed elephants would be much less sensitive to LSD than humans. The elephant died in 100 minutes.
loomV TIL that actor Joaquin Phoenix had an older brother named River, also an actor, who tragically died of a speedball overdose outside a Hollywood nightclub on Halloween 1993. He was only 23 years old.
lo1xA TIL Most clinical trials show no evidence of Antioxidants in preventing disease in healthy individuals. Research shows that Antioxidant supplements can be harmful to health - especially for smokers. Overall, Antioxidant supplements can actually do more harm than good for the average person.
WkGAY TIL that some computer games used to be published in book form; the player would have to manually type in the code for the whole game that was printed in the book before they could play it