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TIL in 2012 a schizophrenic inmate named Darren Rainey died after he was put in a 180 °F (82 °C) shower for two hours. His skin reportedly "fell off at the touch". Two officers who were on duty at the time later received promotions and nobody has ever been charged.

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ZpDyB TIL Between June and December of 1982, E.T. The Extraterrestrial led the box office in 16 of the 25 weeks. Interspersed into the run were #1 movies like Porky’s, Conan, Wrath of Khan, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and An Officer and a Gentleman. E.T. kept returning as the family friendly favorite
gMxX8 TIL that nobody in Pink Floyd sang, or had their vocals recorded, on “Have a Cigar”. The vocals were sung (and recorded) by Roy Harper. And Roger Waters is still pissed about it.
4PMR TIL of Rhythm 0, a six-hour work by performance artist Marina Abramović. The audience was invited to do whatever they wished to and/or with the artist, using one of 72 objects she had placed on a table for this purpose including a rose, feather, scalpel, metal bar, and a gun loaded with one bullet.
gMemL TIL that houses in Bermuda have white stepped roofs to harvest rain water and store it, as the island has no fresh-water springs, rivers or lakes.
J1gMQ TIL of Marianne Bachmeier who became famous in Germany after she shot the murderer of her daughter in an act of vigilantism in the hall of the District Court of Lübeck in 1981.