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TIL Steve Comisar sold clotheslines as a "solar-powered clothes dryer" for $40. He is in federal prison right now and is scheduled to be released April 16, 2018.

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NwjM TIL Steve of Blue’s Clues interrupted his date with a Playboy model to crash a little kid’s Blue’s Clues birthday party.
0Vv5 TIL: Any dolphins or whales that are caught within 3 miles of the UK are considered the personal property of Queen Elizabeth
BrWWk TIL electric cars have been around since the 1800s and used to be common in the US and Europe, with (for example) a 1901 Baker Electric being capable of going over 200 miles on one charge.
78eWp TIL the earliest known reference to a red carpet is from 458 BC, in an Ancient Greek play. After defeating Troy, the king Agamemnon is welcomed home w/ a carpet of crimson tapestries & silk. He's uncomfortable with it, since to him, only gods walk on such luxury, while mortals should be more humble
mrQo TIL in 1971, a woman petitioned a Judge for permission to sterilize her “somewhat retarded” daughter. Without a hearing, evidence, or representation for the daughter, the judge granted permission. The daughter later tried to sue the judge, but the Supreme Court voted 5-3 to grant the judge immunity.