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TIL About Troy Leon Gregg. A convicted murderer Gregg escaped from prison on July 28, 1980 only to die later that day in a bar brawl.

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0wbKj TIL that in 1992, a cargo container containing over 28,000 plastic rubber ducks was lost at sea when it fell overboard on its way from Hong Kong to the United States. These ducks are still being found on shores all across the world in places such as Alaska and Australia.
xVe05 TIL a woman scratched an itch, all the way through her skull and into her brain.
4kRa TIL Charles Manson was a “Theta Clear” level Scientologist
06Wv TIL that fingertips don’t “prune” when submerged in water because they absorb excess liquid, rather it’s a reaction that allows us to grip better underwater (fingertips with nerve damage don’t “prune”)
9wkJQ TIL of Thomas Midgley, possible the unluckiest Genius ever. He developed FCKW (extremely ozone-depleting), developed leaded gasoline (very negative environmental impact) and invented a lift to help himself, weakened by polio, out of bed (he died being strangled by it).