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TIL that the mother of actor Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story) had him when she was 15, and was murdered when he was 5, in 1967. The case was considered a suicide until McDermott requested a new investigation in 2012.

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OGerL TIL Part of the land where the Pentagon sits today used to be a hemp farm
k6NB TIL a factory in Honduras forces its workers to wear diapers for the sake of efficiency.
wLjZJ TIL that The Animals recorded The House of the Rising Sun in one take for £34 after loading their equipment on a stolen British railway wagon and pushing it through the West End of London to get to the studio on their day off
wLEjJ TIL about Ruth Corker Burks. In the darkest hour of the AIDS epidemic, she cared for hundreds of people whose families had refused to claim them.
xDo0 TIL in 1967 The Monkees sold more records than The Beatles and Rolling Stones combined.