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TIL Michael C. Hall wore a wig for season 5 of Dexter because of hair loss due to chemotherapy for his Hodgkins Lymphoma

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mWRR TIL that in Ancient Alexandria there was a prominent Mathematician named Hypatia. She came to embody the enlightened Alexandian spirit. She was flayed to death with oyster shells by a Christian mob. Her death is considered by many to be the beginning of the end for intellectual Alexandria.
D1rVv TIL the actor who played the killer in Boyz N Da Hood later became a Blood and was locked up for a double homicide. He was then murdered and his body was used for a satanic ritual
VMB0B TIL Edward Bernays, nephew of Sigmund Freud, was not only responsible for bacon and eggs becoming an American breakfast staple, but was also responsible for women taking up smoking in protest in the 1920's, dubbing them "Torches Of Freedom".
loOQr TIL that the longest-serving federal judge in the US is 97, has been on the bench for 52 years, and was appointed by Lyndon Johnson
DQeWD TIL of William Rankin, a fighter pilot who survived trapped in a storm cloud after ejecting for 40 minutes.