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TIL in 2001, an Australian child psychologist allowed a 15-year-old boy with terminal cancer to have sex with a prostitute and lose his virginity before he died.

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d8eLK TIL of William Harrison, whose accused murderers were executed in 1661, only for Harrison to reappear in 1662, showing he was never actually dead. The events lead to the end of murder convictions without a body for 250 years in the UK.
woyA1 TIL The New Mexico ranch where the 1947 Roswell UFO crash happened opened up to public tours for the first time in 2018. The crash site is not in Roswell but actually by the small town of Corona
98er TIL Neil Young is developing a new audio format called Pono, which “aims are to confront the compressed audio inferiority that MP3s offer”, “to present songs as they first sound during studio recording sessions”
VyVZ TIL the oldest known song featuring a man talking to his girlfriend over the phone is “Hello Ma Baby” (made popular by Looney Tunes’ Michigan J Frog). It’s over 117 year old and was created when only 10% of the population had telephones.
KYgGJ TIL That Jehovah’s Witness leader preaches that Babies are enemies of God