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TIL that these married schoolteachers in Tucson stole a $160 million abstract painting and hung it behind their bedroom door for 32 years before being discovered upon their death

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KDDJ TIL In 2010, a man swallowed two spoonfuls of pure caffeine, and quickly collapsed and died.
DV1D TIL at 11 years old, Stanley Burrell was a batboy for the Oakland A’s. He was nicknamed “Hammer” because of his resemblance to Hank Aaron. The nickname stuck, and he would later assume the rap name “MC Hammer”
AJ4w TIL that 20% of the genetic material in a typical human nasal swab is biological dark matter that cannot be attributed to any of the existing categories of living organisms on Earth (bacteria, archaea and eukaryotes)
nerOd TIL in the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella, the stepsisters cut off their toes and part of their heel to fit into the slipper. Their plans are foiled when the Prince notices the shoe filling up with blood.
jNyNa TIL that St. Valentine the saint of romantics and lovers is also the patron saint of epilepsy.