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TIL that a $27-million lottery winner paid for his friends’ funerals after giving them so much money that they overdosed on drugs and died

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oWmE TIL when Ronald Reagan was giving a speech to a U.S Air Force base in West Berlin, a balloon popped very loudly. Reagan immediately said, “Missed me,” right after the pop.
nmJP TIL Food Network’s Alton Brown began his career in cinematography and film production. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he was the cinematographer for several music videos, including “The One I Love” by R.E.M.
oBgVW TIL that there is a contagious dog tumor which spreads through sexual interaction with other dogs and those tumors can be traced back to a dog which lived 11 thousand years ago which means the living cells of this dog survived through other dogs.
jmEp TIL that the first e-commerce transaction was in the 70’s for cannabis between students from MIT and Stanford
b6pjE TIL that Taser is an acronym for "Tom Swift and his Electric Rifle". Jack Cover, the inventor of the Taser, was inspired by a young adult novel published in 1911 that features the namesake character and weapon.