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TIL In 2001 a 15-year-old Australian boy dying of cancer had a last wish - to have sex. His child psychologist and his friends organized a visit to a prostitute before he died.

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5prB TIL of Larry Abshier, a US soldier in the Korean War who defected to North Korea because he was caught smoking pot. He lived with four other American defectors and was cast in several North Korean films where he became a celebrity.
AD1aB TIL Karl Marx was known for his extravagant and wasteful spending
6NJW TIL: Large brains of tiny spiders overflow into their legs | Human World | EarthSky
P176g TIL there are many widely varying names of Germany, with roots similar to: 'Germany' in 53 languages; 'Allemagne' in 30 languages; 'Deutschland' in 23 languages; 'Niemcy' in 17 languages; and 'Saksa' in 6 languages
Y79oG TIL that during World War II, a Great Dane named Juliana was awarded the Blue Cross Medal for extinguishing an incendiary bomb by urinating on it.