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TIL When Rod Serling was a child he was able to entertain himself so well that when his family was on a road trip they all kept quiet to see if he would notice. He didn’t and talked non-stop through the entire car ride.

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pYdLA TIL that HM Prison Shepton Mallet (UK) was used by the American military 1942 to 1945. At the end of 1944 there were 768 soldiers imprisoned. 18 were executed at the prison: sixteen were hanged and two were shot by a firing squad. 10 of the 18 men executed there were black and three were Hispanic.
LQad TIL estimated 100 trillion microorganisms representing (500 different species) inhabit every normal, healthy person.
erA4 TIL nobody climbed Mount Everest in 2015. First barren spell in 41 years.
9Y7K6 TIL that a man decided to deposit a check that he received from a junk mail ad just to see what would happen. to his surprise, they allowed him to deposit the $95,000 check. the bank tried to take the money back, but since he didn’t break any laws, there was nothing they could do.
WkNDA TIL The reason why we view neanderthals as hunched over and degenerate is that the first skeleton to be found was arthritic.