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TIL Shel Silverstein, the children's book author, wrote the song, "A Boy Named Sue", which was then made popular by Johnny Cash

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lo1ba TIL Douglas Parkhurst killed a four year old girl in a hit and run accident in 1968, a crime for which he never faced justice. 50 years later, he pushed some kids out of the way of an enraged driver on a baseball field, but was struck and killed himself.
neXQP TIL the HMS Belfast, which served in D-Day and fought in the Korean War, expected to be scrapped in 1967, so the Imperial War Museum, the National Maritime Museum, and the Ministry of Defence all decided that it'd be preserved. Now, it is a museum on the River Thames.
MeOK0 TIL that cruise ships have morgues on board
gM9y TIL many silent actors succumbed to a condition known as “Klieg eyes” where their retinas were damaged due to the heavy lighting required by film stocks of the time
dw4d TIL that stores use the ‘Goldilocks pricing’ technique where one item is too expensive, one too cheap and the middle just right, to influence the buyer. Also Prestige or Premium pricing is when one item is given a huge prize tag simply because people will think it’s better and buy it.