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TIL Terry Kneiss studied/memorized the prices in every episode of the Price is Right, got on the show, and became the first player in 38 years to name the price of the Showdown Showcase right on the nose. Host Drew Carey was so shaken and certain Kneiss had cheated, his reaction was markedly subdued

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eYbg TIL that Adolf Hitler absolutely despised smoking and German doctors were the first to link smoking with lung cancer, which led to the first public anti-smoking campaign in modern history. This consisted of restrictions on tobacco advertising and smoking in public spaces.
NXGr6 TIL that in 1966, 29-yr-old folk-singer Richard Fariña died in a motorcycle accident just two days after the release of his debut novel, "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me". The book became a cult classic, and has been cited as a source of inspiration for many artists, such as The Doors.
lrDG TIL when filming Breaking Bad, Cranston got the pizza on the roof in the first take.
PnV TIL Truth serum is real and considered torture
5YP89 TIL Casey Anthony had “fool-proof suffocation methods” in her Firefox search history from the day before her daughter died. Police overlooked this evidence, because they only checked the history in Internet Explorer.