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TIL of Carl Tanzler, a hospital worker who fell in love with a dying patient. When she perished, he hauled her body out of the mausoleum on a “toy wagon”, preserved her, slept with her corpse for 7 years and planned to send her to space to “restore” her with radiation.

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Z8A7B TIL that black printer ink is the eighth most expensive liquid in the world
BRmk TIL Ted Nugent, at 30 years old in 1978, began a relationship with a 17 year old girl. Due to the age difference, they could not marry so Nugent joined her parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian.
4w1w TIL after 11 years in space, the Rosetta probe was intentionally crashed into a comet in order to provide close-up photos on its final descent. Scientists said they wanted it to go out in “true rock'n'roll style.”
eryL TIL that the world record for keeping a pair of ferrets in your pants is 5 hours and 30 minutes
b97g4 TIL Penn & Teller designed a video game called "Desert Bus" in which the player drove an 8-hour bus route in REAL TIME between Tucson and Vegas. It is impossible to cheat, the only scenery are rocks and road signs & once the player reached the destination, they had to turn around and drive back.