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TIL that Elon Musk’s motivation to build SpaceX was so he can die on Mars

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x8j5 TIL the American Council of the Blind successfully sued the Library of Congress to make Playboy available in Braille.
M6E7 TIL cognitive scientist Brian Butterworth diagnosed Ronald Reagan with Alzheimer’s purely on the basis of speech errors in his speeches ten years before his disease was actually discovered
9g76 TIL that a paedophile had a brain tumor removed and with it, his paedophillic tendencies. When the tumor grew again in the same spot, his paedophile urges grew once more, and disappeared once again after the second growth was surgically removed.
A1Qd TIL Lucille Ball’s production company, Desilu, produced the original Star Trek TV series, and Lucy herself approved the development of the Star Trek concept into a series
JYg6j TIL that Uber drivers in China changed their profile photos to ghosts and zombie images so that when potential passengers saw these pictures they would cancel the ride they’d just booked, thus earning the driver the cancellation fee.