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TIL that Mona Simpson from the Simpsons was named after one of the writer's wife, who is also a writer. She learned as an adult she had a lost brother, and that brother was Steve Jobs.

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aPJL TIL in the US nonfatal firearm crimes dropped from 1.5 million in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011
69QbW TIL Once beer or the wine is produced, alcohol is extracted from it to make it non-alcoholic. Alcohol is never 100% removed, therefore both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers and wines are forbidden in Islam
DDkV TIL there were 6 assassins sent to kill Archduke Franz Ferdinand and 1 of them threw a bomb that exploded under the wrong car. His assassination failed, he took a cyanide pill and jumped into the river. The pill only induced vomiting and the river was only 13cm deep. He failed at killing himself too
BgKEx TIL that Rip, a stray dog adopted by an Air Raid Patrol in World War II, saved over 100 people despite having no training. He earned the Dickin Medal and inspired the training of search and rescue dogs.
5YWM9 TIL: Wenman Wykeham-Musgrave survived being torpedoed on three different ships on the same day; When Aboukir was going down he jumped and swam like mad to escape the suction. He was just getting on board the Hogue and she was torpedoed. He then swam to the Cressy and she was also torpedoed. [1914]