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TIL John Gotti’s neighbor accidentally ran over and killed Gotti’s son. He was abducted 3 months later and never heard from again.

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D1wnV TIL doctors were able to restore a blind man's vision with a surgery involving bionic eyes. He had been blind for 40 years.
nMno TIL that many mistakenly believe that suicide by overdosing on Paracetamol renders them unconscious before death ensues, when in fact it is a lengthy and very painful process that could take up to a week.
eOlk TIL A Utah teacher was fired for writing an educational blog about “homophones”
VbeZ TIL fedoras were originally a fashionable piece of clothing for women’s rights activists
oLAK TIL that when the bikini made it’s debut, the inventor couldn’t get any usual models to wear it and so had to hire a 19-year-old nude dancer from a dance venue.