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TIL, the Convicted Child Sex Offender Christoper Neil, AKA Mr. Swirl, has been released as of March 26, 2017 and lives in Vancouver, Canada

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NXnke TIL of the Bal des Ardents, a masquerade ball in which the king and some noble dancers dressed in wild man costumes and accidentally got set on fire by the king's drunk brother. The only dancers who survived are one who jumped into a washtub and the king, after a duchess threw her skirt over him.
699nm TIL there was disagreement over the danger of black widow spider bites until a 1933 experiment where professor Allan Blair allowed himself to be bitten. Blair also hoped to determine whether multiple bites would build immunity, but the first bite proved so painful that he decided against it.
W7gMd TIL that Bermuda grass is not native to the island of Bermuda, but is considered an invasive species there.
wLDj8 TIL about the facekini, a mask for people to wear at the beach to protect from sunburn.
78OAZ TIL that there are physical walls separating Protestant and Catholic neighborhoods in Northern Ireland as a way to minimize violence between them.