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TIL The founder of Earth Day murdered and composted his girlfriend inside a trunk enclosed within a closet.

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yYYv TIL that the word “muscle” comes from “musculus” meaning little mouse since a bulging muscle was said to ressemble a little mouse with the tendon as a tail.
woXkW TIL that Eleanor Roosevelt, the wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, went on a joyride from Washington D.C. and back with Amelia Earhart.
yOap TIL that the youngest person to ever become pregnant and give birth was 5 years old.
N7DWN TIL that the University of Vermont, USA, runs the Hedonometer, a program that takes a sentiment analysis of 50 million+ tweets daily to gauge the English speaking world’s happiness.
Lkkrd TIL: The original script of Raiders of the Lost Ark called for a sword fight, but due to Harrison Ford getting dysentery, to avoid shooting such a complex scene while that sick, the directors and producers just let him shoot his opponent with his revolver in the film.