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TIL that according to mobster Alvin Karpis, Ma Barker had no actual involvement with the Barker Gang and her role as its leader was fabricated by the FBI to justify killing an elderly woman.

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W76BA TIL about Forthman Murff, a lumberjack whose chainsaw fell on his neck, nearly decapitating him. He drove himself to the hospital with his head attached to his body only by his spinal column, and lived.
BrMyD TIL that the most accurate simulation of the human brain ever has been carried out, but a single second’s worth of brain activity took one of the world’s largest supercomputers 40 minutes to calculate.
oB7GL TIL Lou Bega was born in Germany from an Italian mother and an Ugandan father and found inspiration from his song "Mambo n°5" while living in Miami where he discovered latin american music.
MerYA TIL that in 1909, Chicago publisher W. D. Boyce was visiting London and was lost on a foggy street when a Boy Scout helped him find his way, but refused a tip saying it was his good deed ("good turn") for the day. Four months later W. D. Boyce started Boy Scouts of America.
1aKA4 TIL the McDonald's Big Mac was invented by franchisee Jim Delligatti in Pittsburgh, PA. It had two previous names: the Aristocrat and Blue Ribbon Burger. It was first sold in 1967 and nationwide the following year.