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TIL: The only X-files episode to carry a TV-MA rating for being very disturbing (for its time) was “Home”, about an inbred family

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yaWl TIL of a man who went on a year-long gambling binge at Caesar’s Palace. He ultimately lost nearly $127 million, which accounted for 5.6% of the casino group’s yearly gambling revenue.
rj6w TIL that a prisoner named James Carter was leading the men in a song called “Po’ Lazarus”. Someone recorded and preserved them singing for 40 years. In 2000 it was used in a movie soundtrack, which won a Grammy. Carter was tracked down and given thousands in royalties. He didn’t remember the lyrics.
69BOQ TIL Frank Sinatra had a bottle of jack daniels placed beside him in his coffin.
e0GQD TIL Pinocchio effect is when a person lies, they experience an increase in temperature around the nose and in the orbital muscle in the corner of the eye
ekZ4 TIL….about Richard McNair, a prisoner placed in the federal supermax facility in Colorado because he had previously escaped 3 times, including when he successfully mailed himself out of jail in a package.