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TIL that a piece of art called "The Persistence of Chaos" , a laptop filled with six of the world’s most dangerous viruses (including ILOVEYOU & WannaCry) is on sale for more than $1 million.

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ANDx4 TIL During the trial of Robert James (1936), one of the rattlesnakes used to murder his wife escaped into the courtroom causing hysteria. James ultimately was convicted of first-degree murder and ended up being the last man hanged in California.
enoJ TIL yoga giant Lululemon’s name was chosen because founder Chip Wilson thought it was funny to watch Japanese people try to pronounce the letter ‘L’… Rururemon
KK7G TIL George Carlin requested he wear a bandage over his wedding ring when he played Cardinal Glick in the film DOGMA. Carlin’s wife had died before filming and he wasn’t ready to remove his wedding band. Kevin Smith obliged.
7vJp TIL of Yvonne, Annette, Cecile, Emilie & Marie Dionne, the first quintuplets to have survived their infancy. Instant celebrities, they were taken from their parents by the Canadian government, who raised them for the first 9 years of their lives in a major tourist attraction known as “Quintland”
OGnQX TIL the Swiss Guard who guards the Pope must take a vow of celibacy, pass Swiss Army basic training and several other things. They had had a heroic last stand where they were massacred defending Rome in 1527 and there are only 135 of them at one time.