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TIL: Nancy Grace embellished the story of her college fiance’s 1979 murder as a way to better support her image

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X0Z8Q TIL the deepest humans have ever drilled into the earth is 12,262 meters
8ewoa TIL the idea of machines gaining full consciousness and overthrowing humanity goes back all the way to 1863
xV8p5 TIL of Lisztomania, the obsessive fan hysteria surrounding the classical composer Franz Liszt. Admirers would fight over his locks of his hair, pull his carriage like horses, and carry glass vials of his old cigars and coffee dregs.
wooKo TIL that the first piece of legislation passed by the 1st U.S. Congress was the Tariff of 1789, which levied a 50¢ per ton duty on goods imported by foreign ships. President Washington signed the act and the money was used to pay off the Revolutionary War debt.
v1MAr TIL there is a festival in India called Gore Habba. Villagers celebrate by throwing & smearing cow poop at each other. Similar to La Tomatina in Spain but replace the tomatoes with cow poop. Vids in comments.