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TIL the heiress to the Folgers Coffee fortune was killed in the Manson Family killings

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pY6gO TIL that in the 1928 Olympics, a rower named Bobby Pearce stopped in the middle of the quarter final race in order to let a family of ducks pass his lane, allowing one of his opponents to pull ahead. He still managed to get first place out of 8 people and went on to win gold in the finals.
mZQp TIL A monkey paid for sex after learning how to use money.
b9Zr0 TIL, There was not one single bank robbery in Americas first 80 years of existing, so they virtually had no security. Then an explosion of robberies.
N7e6e TIL Socrates condemned the use of the written word because he thought it would cause people to be forgetful.
J1Y5Q TIL about Jon Lech Johansen, a self-trained software engineer who created software that decoded DVD copy protection. Johansen defended himself against computer hacking charges, arguing he didn't access anyone else's information: he owned the DVDs. He was acquitted in 2003.