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TIL - A drunk driver that killed a little girl was court ordered as part of his sentence to write a check to the victims family every week for 10 years to remind himself of the tragedy he caused.

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NXA56 TIL that Bob Heft, the high schooler who allegedly got a B minus on the modern American flag, made a living off of his false claim that he was the designer.
dJYK TIL In the 1930’s, horse jockey Ralph Neves was thrown from his horse during a race, declared dead and taken to the morgue. Hours later, he woke up in the morgue, caught a cab back to the racetrack and proceeded to win the next race, along with a $500 gold watch donated by Bing Crosby.
D1a7r TIL Richard Nixon once admitted he wanted to become a rapper. The confession was rediscovered by a Washington Post reporter in 1997 while listening to one of the presidential recordings.
wLaRE TIL Lonnie Johnson, the man who created the “Super Soaker” (the world’s best selling toy) was awarded $72.9M in a Hasbro Settlement for unpaid royalties.
KO7DR TIL about Pope Gregory XVIII, an anti-pope of the Palmarian Catholic Church who left the faith, married a nun, stole a BMW, attempted armed robbery on his former Cathedral, and is now in jail.