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TIL the Iranian police once arrested a female serial killer who admitted her foremost influence was Agatha Christie's works of crime fiction

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BrlJL TIL Pringles were forced to rename the product "Crisps" in the U.S. because the brand uses potato dough rather than sliced potatoes. Years later, Pringles argued in the UK even though their product says "crisps" on the container, they aren't legally crisps. They won in court but lost on appeal.
4kln5 TIL Doris “Dorie” Miller was the first Black American awarded the Navy Cross. A mess attendant during Pearl Harbor, without training he manned an anti-aircraft gun without training and carried wounded sailors to safety, becoming a WWII hero.
KOKdE TIL a Canadian psychologist named Elliott Jaques coined the term "midlife crisis"
OonOL TIL that George Clooney made 14 of his closest friends instant millionaires by handing them each a suitcase with $1 million at a dinner party. He even paid their taxes for the year.
wYrJ TIL May is National Masturbation Month, and the 28th of May is celebrated as National Masturbation Day