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TIL that the last burial in Tombstone's famous Boothill cemetery (resting place of the dead from the OK Corral) wasn’t until 1953, of a man whose ashes were sent from California COD.

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bY7p TIL That there was a man in a neighboring town know as “The Glastonbury Tickler” who would break into people’s houses at night, tickle their feet while they were sleeping, and immediately leave.
p8PEp TIL that on 5 May 2000 two young Filipino programmers created the Iloveyou virus that attacked tens of millions of Windows personal computers causing US$5.5–8.7 billion in damages worldwide. Since there were no laws in the Phils. against writing malware at the time the two were released.
7rPyL TIL that on April 1st 1962 the Swedish television network SVT pranked viewers by having an "expert" demonstrate that placing a nylon stocking over their black & white TV would turn it into a colour TV
xdA0 TIL the Cali Cartel once planned to assassinate Escobar by air bombing him with a privately owned jet fighter
xVRo TIL that there’s a dwarf planet that orbits between Mars and Jupiter