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TIL that the Menendez brothers are on a basketball card, photographed shortly after they murdered their parents.

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m1eGy TIL that Triton, Neptune's largest moon, was discovered by English astronomer William Lassell in 1846. It’s big enough to be rounded by its own gravity, has a thin atmosphere, and is the only large moon in the Solar System that orbits opposite to its planet’s rotation.
9wQZ6 TIL that many buildings set their thermostats for male comfort levels
VM0O4 TIL Many polls and surveys are not interested in your response. They are not polls at all. Instead they are marketing pushes disguised as polls that steer your thinking through manipulative questioning. Its called "push polling".
KYjl4 TIL that the LCVP landing craft, famously used in the D-Day landings, was made out of plywood. It was originally designed as swamp boat for trappers, oil drillers and (allegedly) liquor smugglers.
v7Pr TIL that Xisco Gràcia gave his remaining air to his diving partner to get help once they realised they were lost and running out of air. He spent 2 days in an air pocket wondering if help was coming. It did.