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TIL of Kathryn Lawes, the "Mother of Sing Sing" - She was a warden's wife and lived with her children in a facility at the infamous prison. She was so much beloved by the inmates — to the point that they all called her “Mother”

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9YkZr TIL there is a recently discovered species of Gecko that, instead of its tail coming off during an attack, its skin (scales) come off. Then it looks like raw chicken
4XKmJ TIL that Rory McCann [Sandor Clegane] lives a "solitary, transient" lifestyle, often living on a boat and in places without modern conveniences.
xVxD TIL Mossad agents kidnapped a Nigerian man in London in 1984, and tried to extradite him by drugging him, placing him in a crate, and shipping him abroad as diplomatic luggage. As they did not label the crates correctly, the crates could be and were searched, and the plan was foiled.
QJW1E TIL There is a rare condition called Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) that only around 60 people in the world are known to have. This condition makes the person remember nearly every day in their life in exact details.
oBk7E TIL that Jon Snow actor Kit Harrington arrived to his Game of Thrones audition with a black eye after getting into a fight at McDonald's the night before.