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TIL that for his book 11/22/63 Stephen King conducted considerable research and extensively studied various conspiracy theories regarding the JFK assassination. He ultimately dismissed them and came to the conclusion that Oswald acted alone

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LkJ9d TIL of 'Death by GPS,' or the deaths of people who follow their GPS systems off cliffs, into lakes, and deep into the desert. These deaths are mainly attributed to "uncritical acceptance of turn-by-turn commands and paying more attention to the navigation system than what is in front of them."
nlo Today I learned Stevies dad from “Malcolm in the Middle” voices Uncle Ruckus on “The Boondocks”
p8m5O TIL that a comet's tail points away from the sun, and don't indicate the direction it's moving
X0MmR TIL modern nuclear weapons are thousands of times more powerful than the ones used in WWII
YpJ6G TIL that tonic water contains Quinine, a medication originlly used to treat malaria and babesiosis, which also glows under a UV light.