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TIL that James May (ex-TopGear, The Grand Tour presenter and motoring journalist) was fired from Autocar magazine because he hid a secret message while getting bored of editing their annual review.

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OoeOY TIL Linus Pauling, a Nobel prize winner in chemistry, was a eugenicist. He urged that human carriers of defective genes have a compulsory visible mark - such as forehead tattoos - to discourage potential mates with the same defect, having kids together.
NX8QN TIL that Marge Simpson was featured in Playboy November 2009
DxJY TIL The Actor Who Played Crabbe In The Harry Potter Movies Is Currently In Jail For His Part In The London Riots In 2012
BgXKy TIL: In 1977, the makers of Bubble Yum gum bought full page ads in the NY Times and other major papers to dispel rumors that spider eggs were the secret ingredient used to make the gum soft and chewable.
jN85N TIL that in 1998, Pres. Bill C. read a novel about a mad scientist who spread a virus in NYC. Concerned about this risk, he established the Strategic National Stockpile, which contains billions of dollars in medical supplies (many being used now ).