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TIL that 2012 research of carbon particle fulleren C60 resulted in interesting side effect: doubling of rats lifespan to 5+ years

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jNROa TIL in 1988, a retired police officer found Cyril Smith, British MP with 144 accusations of child molestation and abuse, in a home with a sex offender and two drunk teenage boys. The officer was threatened to be prosecuted under the Official Secrets Act by the UK government. Nothing happened.
aJA TIL That physicists won the Nobel prize in 2010 for peeling graphene off pencils with scotch tape
awKwL TIL in Germany you can’t be prosecuted if you help a close family member to hide the body of someone they murdered. The state regards the inseverability of family as a greater good than its own desire to prosecute crime.
OGYJY TIL some of the lyrics in Barenaked Ladies' "If I Had $1000000" are references to things Michael Jackson bought in the 1980s, including exotic animals, John Merrick's remains, a monkey and a green dress (for Elizabeth Taylor)
69BQ TIL Connan O'Brien and Andy Richter provided voice overs for characters in the new HALO 4 video game.