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TIL a reporter who wrote stories about a serial killer was actually the serial killer himself

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0VJ1 TIL: In 1999 an Australian called Bill Morgan was hit by a truck and was clinically dead for 14 minutes. When he awoke he bought a scratch card and won a car worth $25,000. When asked to recreate this for the news he won the $250,000 jackpot live in air.
0AvN TIL NASA wants to make Interstellar travel possible within the next 100 years.
ANDDd TIL of Mike McGear, real name Mike McCartney, the younger brother of Sir Paul McCartney who set out on his own musical career four years after the Beatles' first hit
9wwe7 TIL that swatting a fly without killing it may cause it pain for the rest of its life
Oo9Wa TIL The “stress hormone” cortisol is released by the adrenal glands in response to fear or stress. Researchers have studied the cortisol awakening response (CAR) and have found that cortisol is highest in the first hour of waking for people with an increased level of stress in their lives.