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TIL Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer accidentally consumed a drink laced with sleeping pills, intended for a guest. When we woke, he found that his victim-to-be had burgled several of his personal items

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xVE0B TIL Former guitarist for Blink 182, Tom DeLonge, quit the band to devote more time to his life-long passion; UFOs.
0wjZj TIL The Soviets were the first to land a human made object on another planet- Venus- during the Venera missions, 1961-1984. In that environment the maximum survival time for one of the probes was just under 2 hrs.
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PYobg TIL, that in 1987 MLB pitcher Charlie Kerfeld signed a 1 year contract with the Houston Astros for $110,037.37 AND 37 boxes of orange Jell-O, to be used in future pranks.
R7rGa TIL Gary Sinise, known for his role as Lt. Dan in Forrest Gump, though the work of his Lt. Dan Band and the Gary Sinise Foundation, have provided at least 70 forever homes for veterans and officers injured in the line of duty.