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TIL King George III had an illness that caused his poop to turn purple

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JgrQ TIL that Jerry Lewis made a movie in 1972 where he plays a clown in a concentration camp, and leads kids on a train to a gas chamber. It has never seen the light of day.
OoWJe TIL Autistic people communicate with each other as effectively as Neuro-typicals communicate with one other
9YPWX TIL scientists at Brown University are developing a robot cat that may one day help cure loneliness among senior citizens. It doesn't need food, exercise, or a litter box, but it can purr on demand and remind them when it's time to take their meds
9nXr TIL that the Starbucks at the CIA headquarters is not allowed to take names for orders
BgEy TIL: In a 1956 football (soccer) final, Keeper Bert Trautmann broke his neck on the pitch but continued to play for the remaining 15 minutes to see out his team’s victory. Prince Philip commented on the crooked state of Trautmann’s neck as he gave him his winner’s medal