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TIL actor Martin Sheen has been married to the same woman for 56 years

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0na5 TIL that a doctor introduced hand-washing at his clinic in 1846 because he noticed a connection between women dying of childbed fever and the autopsies doctors performed before delivering babies, and that most didn’t believe him, and he lost his job, and later died of sepsis in an asylum.
o8nR TIL JP Morgan has paid $36 billion for dozens of frauds, over the last 5 years.
GApEN TIL That speeding fines in Finland are dependent on the offender's income
9YR1M TIL the 6 year old boy who claimed he "went to heaven and came back" after being "internally decapitated" in a car accident recanted his story when he got older, stating he said it for attention, and the book about it was full of lies
nXeP TIL: Fry (Futurama), Stimpy (Ren & Stimpy), the Honey Nut Cheerios Bee, and the Red M&M are all voiced by the same actor.