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TIL Jane Stanford, founder of Stanford University, was murdered by strychnine poisoning. The president of the university at the time, David Starr Jordan, was suspected of covering up the murder. The killer was never found.

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Z8BGG TIL Only 1 pair of boxing gloves from the Roman Empire period have ever been found despite having numerous artistic representations of the objects. They were found in 2018 in Vindoland, north of England close to the Hadrian Wall.
OGg74 TIL that the 1994 slow speed police chase of OJ Simpson in a white Ford Bronco was the 6th most watched television broadcast in US history at the time, and since then only Super Bowls have had more viewers.
Yp6kW TIL in Germany in 2001, Armin Meiwes (AKA The Master Butcher) and his volunteer murder victim jointly attempted to eat the victim's severed penis. He then killed and ate a large amount of the volunteer’s flesh. His first trial sentence was only 8 yrs 6 mo (later increased to life).
JYrkj TIL John Quincy Adams was an avid swimmer and frequently swam in the Potomac. While president, he almost drowned when one of his swimming expeditions went awry. He continued to swim afterward, anyway, against his physician's advice.
QJ4Gk TIL Paul McCartney wrote Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me), because Dustin Hoffman did not believe that he could write a song "about anything", so Hoffman pulled out a magazine where they saw the story about Picasso's last words and McCartney created a demo of the song and lyrics on the spot.