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TIL Ira Einhorn, the founder of Earth Day murdered and composted his wife, Holly Maddux.

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yQv9e TIL of Rope Memory where women would weave SOFTWARE by hand for the Apollo program
E1nLP TIL of Mohamed Bzeek, a Libyan-born Muslim living in Azusa, California, a foster father who takes in only terminally ill children. Bzeek, who has been fostering such children since 1989, is the only foster parent in Los Angeles County who will do this.
v5wj TIL The doctor who claimed that there was a link between vaccines and autism lost his medical license for fraudulent data produced from a study.
N7GBb TIL Russian president, Boris Yeltsin, ended up in front of the White House drunk and in his underwear because he wanted to go get pizza. After being escorted back to the Blair House and getting his pizza, Yeltsin tried to do it again the next night.
gvey TIL that Keanu Reeves had suffered from and undergone surgery for two-level fusion of the cervical spine which had been slowly paralyzing his legs, only a few months before filming for The Matrix began. That’s why he does not kick much in the film.