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TIL 2.1 million people in the United States still use AOL dial-up to connect to the Internet a 2015 report found

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B9Qb TIL Marilyn Monroe’s mother was schizophrenic, which caused Marilyn to live in several foster homes and orphanages. In two of these, she was sexually assaulted by the foster father. When she was 16, her foster family married her off to keep her from going back to foster care when they moved
YpLov TIL about the spotlight effect, a phenomenon in which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they really are. It comes from the innate tendency to forget that although one is the center of one's own world, one is not the center of everyone else's.
9AKX TIL Gary Burghoff (who played Radar on MASH) has a deformed left hand. He hid it throughout his entire run on the series because it would have made Radar unfit for military duty.
gMNyX TIL of the Campden Wonder, which refers to a man who went missing in the English town of Chipping Campden, in the 17th Century. A family servant and the servant's mother and brother were hanged for killing their master, but following the man's return it became clear that no murder had taken place.
8e9EZ TIL The Sphinx was buried in sand around 400 years after it was built, roughly 4500 years ago. In 1400 BC, Thutmose IV attempted to unbury the Sphinx but only managed to uncover its front paws. It would not be fully unburied until 1887 AD, meaning the Sphinx was mostly buried for nearly 4000 years.