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TIL Despite his on-camera demeanor, Johnny Carson was extremely shy off-camera. He was known for avoiding most large parties, and was referred to as “the most private public man who ever lived”.

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awvmL TIL Albert Anastasia, considered to be one of the deadliest criminals of all time, was sentenced to death for the murder of a longshoreman in 1921. In 1922 he won a retrial on a technicality and went on to become boss of the Gambino Family & Murder Inc. He was responsible for thousands of murders.
P1JZ TIL the Tesla Model S is road tested on an indoor track because their cars don’t produce any emissions.
epW4g TIL of Saint Fiacre, the Patron Saint of Proctology and Hemorrhoid Sufferers
dDAN9 TIL John Brabazon Ponsonby was arrested during the French Revolution for being an aristocrate but was let free because he was too handsome to hang.
VX7B TIL When the soft drink 7 Up first launched in 1929 it contained lithium citrate, the same mood-stabilizing drug used to treat mania and bi-polar disorder