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v1plB TIL Ned Vizzini, author of It's Kind of a Funny Story, and various teenage angst books about what makes life worth living and preventing suicide, ultimately committed suicide in 2013, aged 32.
BrraK TIL that before whistles were introduced, hockey referees used a cowbell. They had to switch to whistles when fans started bringing their own cowbells to disrupt game play.
LkOlZ TIL in 1971, Texas lawmaker Tom Moore tried pranking the Texas legislature by introducing a resolution to commend the Boston Strangler for population control. The resolution passed unanimously. Some use this as a criticism that legislators don't read what they vote on.
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