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TIL that the study that stated that the MMR vaccine can cause autism was scientifically discredited.

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kObbE TIL of Kenneth Parks. In 1987 he drove 20 kms from his house to his In Laws' in Scarborough Toronto. He stabbed both of them killing his mother & badly injuring his father in law. He was acquitted of the murder charges because he was a Sleepwalker.
78onM TIL in 1967, gay rights activist John Nichols appeared in an NBC documentary called The Homosexuals. He used the pseudonym "Warren Atkins". His father was an FBI agent and feared he would lose his security clearance if they found out his son was gay, to the point of threatening to kill him.
XAkD TIL there is a website dedicated to removing all characters except Jon from Garfield creating one of the most depressing comics of all time
D18mj TIL hip hop trio House Of Pain's (famous for "Jump Around") name is a reference to H.G. Wells' "The Island of Dr Moreau"
v1wZK TIL that cannibals call humans “long pig” due to the sweet, pork-like flavor that they say is characteristic of human flesh.