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TIL after watching Saddam Hussein’s execution, a 10-year-old from Texas hanged himself. At least six other suicides took place around the world at that time, and are considered “copycat” hangings.

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G6lG TIL Samuel James Seymour, the last surviving witness to the Abraham Lincoln assassination, was interviewed about in 1956 on the CBS quiz show “I’ve Got a Secret”.
ADOLx TIL Murder She Wrote was one of the most successful TV shows of all time. It averaged more than 30 million viewers per week in its prime.
Bbwb TIL White-nose syndrome is a disease that severely threatens the U.S. bat population and has killed more than 5.7 million bats
VBg6k TIL Mickey Mouse's original name was Mortimer until Walt Disney's wife, Lillian, objected that the name was "sissified" and suggested Mickey.
aEaZ TIL researchers surveyed math geniuses now in their 50s who were identified as prodigies in the 1970s. Regardless of work-related gender differences, both men and women overwhelmingly agreed that family was the most important factor required for a meaningful life