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TIL that in 2018 a woman killed parents, took own life over eczema treatment

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NLo6 TIL that a man was recovering in hospital after a car accident when all 17 of his girlfriends showed up at his bedside. None of the women were aware of each other.
kbE5 TIL there was a toilet paper shortage in the USA in 1973 caused by a joke on a talk show that convinced people to hoard toilet paper
XZej TIL that in 2011, two men para-glided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42min and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.
awjVZ TIL that gif is pronounced as "jif" and not as gif as confirmed by the creator of the gif
pY8pb TIL about the colour in CSS called "rebeccapurple", which was named after the daughter of CSS standards pioneer Eric Meyer, who lost her life to cancer on her 6th birthday.