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TIL that Sam Lloyd (Ted from Scrubs) is Christopher Lloyd’s Nephew

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VMbvB TIL that there was a long running hoax during World War II that Adolf Hitler was the inventor of the sex dolls. It was deemed as the "Borghild Project" and was "aimed at combating the spread of syphilis among Nazi troops by supplying the men with sex dolls."
v1Nd8 TIL that Matthew Perry and Jennifer Aniston made a video guide for Microsoft about how to use Windows 95
jNPGv TIL the city of Knoxville, Tennessee is a international port that can connect boaters to the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes, despite the fact the closest beach from Knoxville is 372 miles East.
0d9AL TIL that a depressed teen convinced his friend, using six made-up online characters, to kill him. Totaling over 56,000 lines of text, he told his him that his reward would be money, a job as a British secret service agent and sex with a middle-aged spy.
E1e5W TIL The Backfire Effect: when given evidence contrary to their beliefs, instead of changing their minds - it strengthens them.