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TIL that the mother of Lee Harvey Oswald would sometimes go to Dealey Plaza and sell her autograph for five dollars

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VMV6p TIL of the horrific disease called phossy jaw. Like radium, phosphorous accumulates in the jaw, resulting in hideous disfigurement
mxBpp TIL renowned director Alfred Hitchcock (Psycho, Rear Window) stated one of his favorite movies was Burt Reynolds' Smokey and the Bandit. Hitchcock's daughter confirmed this.
ner5P TIL that in 1474 a rooster was put on trial because it laid an egg and the villagers thought that it made a pact with devil. He was found guilty and burned alive and it was later found out that the rooster was a hen that just looked like a rooster.
neGyW TIL that the island of Great Britain was formed by the collision of the Laurentia Craton and the Microcontinent Avalonia, known as the Caledonian Orogeny, the border of which is coincidentally similar to the borders of present day England and Scotland.
m1N5x TIL about Nkisi Nkondi - ritual Congolese statues made to enforce oaths and protect villages. Nails were used to alert the spirit inside of the statue to punish those breaking oaths.