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TIL John Wayne Gacy oversaw the installation of a miniature golf course in the recreation yard of Anamosa State Penitentiary, and it is still in use to this day.

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5BZ9 TIL that in 1913, Nebraska outlawed oral sex - in an ironic twist the act that was passed to criminalize oral sex was the 69th act to be passed that year. The act has since been known as “act 69”.
6ENnX TIL Neil Harbisson is the first person in the world with an antenna implanted in his skull and officially recognized as a cyborg by a government.
dNkZ TIL lead acetate (the form of lead found in lead paints) was once used as an artificial sweetener
EQDx TIL there is a anti-cancer drug (Abt199) that kills cancer so well, the massive amount of breakdown products of dying cancer cells can kill the patient via tumour lysis syndrome
KOLJB TIL that a serial killer named Marcel Petiot evaded capture, then disguised himself as a cop, eventually being the cop assigned to investigate his very own murders, before eventually someone recognized him.