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TIL that in 2009 Billy Joel’s daughter tried to commit suicide by taking a bunch of homeopathic pills. She survived.

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jNKKa TIL that at the height of the space race, the US planned to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon as a display of America's Cold War muscle.
AJVo TIL that when basking sharks decay their carcasses take on the appearance of plesiosaurs (ancient aquatic reptiles) including a long neck and tiny head. There have been numerous “plesiosaur” discoveries which turned out to be decayed sharks.
Me5jm TIL that Ernest Hemingway worked for the KGB, tracked Nazi U-Boats from his fishing boat in Cuba, got charged with war crimes while leading a French militia against the Nazis, and had a six toed cat (marked as NSFW for other information provided in link)
J1APB TIL about The King of Intergalactic Chic, Larry LeGaspi, who designed the original KISS outfits.
WWro TIL that a woman created a fake facebook profile of a teenage girl and sent a friend request to her husband, then used transcripts of their conversations to get him arrested. He was freed and all charges were dropped when he produced a notarized affidavit, proving he knew it was her all along.