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TIL about James Fallon, a neuroscientist who studied the brain scans of psychopaths, only to discover that he was one himself

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9w7R6 TIL Tunisia had an infamously bad performance in modern pentathlon at the 1960 Olympics. One athlete nearly drowned; one got disqualified for firing a pistol too close to the judges; three fell off horses; and they were caught cheating in the fencing part of the event.
ep0ZD TIL the mineral Lime will glow white after being heated, and that’s the reason for the term “In the limelight”
BgwrW TIL Elvis Presley’s last name should’ve been Wallace
jwaE TIL there is a National Organization Taunting Safety and Fairness Everywhere (NOTSAFE) that sarcastically suggests ridiculous legislation, such as banning piñatas at parties because it is pre-gang behavior, in an attempt to expose bureaucratic over-regulation which they believe erodes our freedoms
0eZA TIL in 1968, a car driven by bank employees was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming the car had been rigged with a bomb. The cop got under the car to “defuse” the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the “cop” just drove the car away. The 300M Yen robbery remains unsolved