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TIL that in Tennessee in 2001, three 10 year old girls legally married three men in their mid-20s to early-30s. In 2006 a 27 year old woman legally wedded an 11 year old boy.

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OXr7 TIL Nicholas Cage, to avoid the appearance of nepotism as the nephew of Francis Ford Coppola, he changed his name early in his career to Nicolas Cage, inspired in part by the Marvel Comics superhero Luke Cage.
j4Lp TIL that in 2012, the founder of McAfee antivirus, John McAfee was asked if he personally uses McAfee anti-virus, he replied by saying “I take it off,” and that “It’s too annoying.”
KYOQa TIL the founder of Safeway supermarkets was a preacher who felt that credit purchases were evil, and named his cash-only stores to promote the “safe way to shop”.
Rbll TIL falling while water skiing or on a slide can cause a flood of water to enter the anus or vagina in an injury called “water ski douche”
16GJd TIL in 1967 three astronauts - Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee - died in a cabin fire in the first test of the Apollo command and service module. Because there was no rocket fuel, the test was not considered hazardous, and emergency preparedness for it was poor.