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TIL last year California legislators passed a law that requires smartphones sold after July 1, 2015 to have a remote kill switch built into them.

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R5a1a TIL co-founder of the band ABBA, Anni-Frid Lyngstad, was born from the union between a Norwegian mother and Nazi German father for a program where the Nazis tried to increase the Aryan population. Children such as her were open to receive nicknames such as “SS bastard”, “rat,” or “Nazi child.”
J184 TIL that a man who witnessed Lincoln’s assassination as a young boy lived long enough to be on a game show in 1956
vbN4 TIL James Huberty called a mental health hotline, left his name, and waited for hours for them to return his call. His name was written down as “Shouberty” and the call was a non crisis because Huberty was so polite. 3 days later he carried out one of Americas worst rampage killings.
6E9pl TIL that a chemistry professor at Illinois University created a cookbook of Pokemon.
n0Er TIL that hungry men find women with higher body weights more attractive, according to a scientific study