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TIL: Although not much is really known about his life, scholars know that Shakespeare did have a son who died at the age of 11. His name? "Hamnet."

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6EMAl TIL In 1977 Tony Kiritsis held Richard Hall hostage for 63 hours before surrendering, Kiritsis was found not guilty by reason of insanity. At the time of the trial, Indiana law required the prosecution to prove the defendant sane, the law has subsequently changed so defense has to prove insanity.
W9JY TIL the man who invented the plastic flamingo has been wearing matching outfits with his wife for 35 years.
Z8b5D TIL that in the mid-1990s, a man in Montana was able to build fully armed Cobra attack helicopters out of supposedly demilitarized military surplus parts. He then used them to hunt coyotes.
69de7 TIL Mapmakers deliberately put slight mistakes (Trap streets) in their maps so they can tell when someone copies them. If another map has the same mistake, that's very convincing evidence.
16nM4 TIL there's a man known as "the pudding guy" who gamed American Airlines' loyalty program in the 1980's by buying 12,150 cups of pudding ($3,140) for over 1.2 million frequent flyer miles. Bonus: he donated the pudding to the Salvation Army in exchange for a sizable tax write-off.