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TIL That Sheb Wooley is not only credited with providing the Wilhem Scream, but that he also sang the popular song "The Purple People Eater"

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x64lw TIL About Bum Farto, a fire chief and convicted drug dealer in Key West, Florida who disappeared in 1976.
DQ5Pg TIL: Humans with Aphakia have the ability to see ultraviolet light.
5Y0yR TIL Fredrick Wilson taught geometry in Princeton University in New Jersey back in 1890. Where he taught his students this symbol which we now (worldwide) know as the easily-drawn-dollar-signor graffiti S
nGmW TIL the Maasai tribe rarely killed elephants because they believe they have human-like souls. However, ethnic violence and droughts have greatly hurt their traditional way of life and the high price of ivory has induced many Maasai to risk jail and tribal shame, and start poaching elephants.
1ErP TIL of Kim Gwang Suk, a North Korean gymnast who competed at the Barcelona Olympics; her age was given as 17, but she was missing her front teeth and may have been as young as 10. Aside from an Olympic torch relay, her subsequent life and whereabouts are unknown.