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TIL that the first instance of rapping with auto-tune is attributed to Eiffel 65 and their song "Too Much of Heaven"

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GAR75 TIL Galileo was convicted of heresy partially due to a misunderstanding. In his book he gave the character arguing against Heliocentrism the name "Simplicio" after a famous philosopher. In Italian this could also be construed as "simpleton" though and the church/Pope took it as him insulting them.
lE0N TIL that Thomas Harris based his character Hannibal Lecter on a real person, a doctor who murdered and dismembered his victims and treated patients while in prison. He spent nearly 40 years in prison before being released in 2000. He went back to practicing medicine.
WkWoA TIL that sunflowers are capable of cleaning heavy toxins such as arsenic and even uranium from soil.
X0EB8 TIL about Dark Empaths, people who display high empathy alongside high Dark Triad personality traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy)
E1EQP TIL an Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to spend day at the "stinkiest, smelliest" section of a landfill, as punishment for animal neglect. "If you puke, you puke"