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TIL that Kurt Vonnegut has said that the only reason to use a semicolon is “to show you’ve been to college.”

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4kbmN TIL that a woman wore a Star Trek uniform while serving on a jury. Barbara Adams wore the uniform (including phaser, tricorder, and commbadge) every day of the court case. She was sent home ... for talking to the press, not because of her clothing.
4kD06 TIL of the complicated I Dig It tax loophole. It's an intentionally defective grantor trust, or IDGT, for short and allows for someone to decrease their estate with no gift or transfer tax consequences. The IRS has never blessed the loophole but it says its powerless to stop it.
wyxW TIL a Californian couple sailed to one of the most remote islands in the world, expecting to find themselves alone for a year. Instead, a fugitive stole their boat and murdered them.
Br5Ye TIL that dogs can talk, or at least, they can learn to communicate with humans by pressing buttons that produce sounds for different words, and they can have actual conversations with us
nWgj7 Today I learned that in 67 C.E., Emperor Nero found a boy named Sporus who resembled his deceased wife. Nero had him castrated, dressed in female clothing, and made the entire imperial court treat him as if he were the Empress.