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TIL That premature babies were used as sideshow attractions and were considered novelties

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5VMar TIL that the most recent of Wayne Gretzky's 60 NHL records was set some time after his 1999 retirement. He averaged 1.921 points per game, which was second only to Mario Lemieux (2.005). Lemieux later came out of retirement and lowered his own average, moving Gretzky to the number one spot.
41Bb TIL: FL woman sent thousands of dollars to Peru to help suspected killer Joran Van der Sloot with his defense.
R7v49 TIL in 1885, British Criminal John "Babbacombe" Lee survived 3 attempts of excecution by hanging. He was dubbed 'The Man Who Could Not Be Hung'. His sentance was changed to 'Life in prison' and was released 22 years later.
oBXxL TIL in 1969 Johnny Carson made a lucky guess about the Oscar winners for Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor, that led to firings in PriceWaterhouse since they believed someone had leaked the information.
b9bGj TIL Psychopaths and Sociopaths both fall into the same overall mental health diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD)