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TIL Carlos Rodriguez lost half of his brain after stealing a car and getting into an accident when he was 14. He retained most of his mental functions and can do almost anything a normal person can do. He continued to commit crime and was arrested at 31 for arson and attempted murder.

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V4r0 TIL Osama bin Laden’s estranged son is a British resident, although his visa was initially declined because he “failed to state his father’s permanent address.”
KYbQJ TIL in 2016 a man found an extremely obscure CD with no information available about the band, resulting in a 4 year online search for band members, who have now reformed and produced a second album, more than 20 years after the first
x67Yw TIL that 16.3 million of the 16.4 million Americans who served in WW2 are dead
yP1l TIL that of the 20 richest women in the world, 19 of them inherited their money from either their husband or father. The first self made rich woman rings in at #17.
mxe7y TIL in the UK, dried cats were believed to dispel evil spirits and witches, and they are found hidden within old buildings.