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TIL The heir to the SC Johnson fortune received a sentence of 6 months for repeatedly molesting his 12 year old stepdaughter.

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A1Kg TIL in 1994 a man named Tony Cicoria was struck by lightening while standing next to a public telephone, and resuscitated by a nurse who was waiting to use the phone. Not long after recovery he said his head became flooded with music. He bought a piano and is now a successful composer and performer.
VMZP4 TIL in 1951 a 66 year old man wasn’t allowed to enter a 1800km (1118 miles) long bicykle race due to being to old. He showed up anyways and won the race by biking for days without sleep. He got the nickname ”Grandpa Steel”
5YmwR TIL that “The Fighting Butlers” were five sons that participated during the American Revolutionary War. George Washington toasted all five Butler brothers at a victory celebration, and Lafayette once said that if he wanted something done well, he’d ask a Butler to do it.
R5VvQ TIL George Michael's ''A different Corner" was the first British No.1 hit song on UK chart that an artist wrote, sang, arranged, produced, and played all the instruments on the song all by himself.
7rA6P TIL At 24 years old, Isaac Newton was sent home from school to avoid the bubonic plague. During this time, he invented calculus.