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TIL that the author of Goodnight Moon bequeathed the royalties to her friend's 9-year-old son. It earned him millions of dollars, but he blew it all on frivolous spending and was arrested dozens of times for minor crimes.

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eP5J Til that a gorrilla’s erection is just over one inch long, and that humans are the most endowed of all primates.
AxYd TIL People getting paid to spread propaganda through comments is a widespread thing.
XEwmR TIL of a computer program called Deliverance that legally killed several people in the 1990s. It was created by "Dr Death" (doctor and euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke), and came on a special laptop connected to an IV that injected a lethal dose of barbiturates. It was only legal for a short time
bvNZ TIL The lying Duke rape accuser may have also lied about being raped in another incident 13 years earlier. She’s now awaiting trial for killing her last boyfriend.
d8k1Z TIL a golden chamber with ultra-sensitive lightbulbs is buried under a mountain in Japan and contains water so pure that it can be corrosive and dissolve metal- and it's helping scientists detect neutrinos from dying stars.