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TIL about Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy- 1 of 2 men died, other went crazy watching the corpse wave in a "beckoning" motion. This lead to lighthouses having a crew of 3.

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698PX TIL that the symbol for Atheism is a diagram of an atom and members of the US military can have it put on their gravestones
aYAJ TIL in 1982, someone laced Tylenol capsules on store shelves across Chicago with cyanide, killing seven. While the perpetrator of this crime was never found, it did usher in the development of tamper-proof packaging for over-the-counter drugs, which is now an industry standard.
4XQjJ TIL in 1963 biologist and animal psychologist James McConnell conditioned planarian flatworms to fear a bright light by electrocuting them. He would then grind up those flatworms and feed them to other worms who had not participated in the experiment. Those worms were afraid of the light.
0wXW1 TIL when Mr Rogers heard his limo driver was going to be waiting outside while Rogers was in a meeting, he asked the driver to come in. On the way back they passed the driver's home and Rogers asked if they could stop and meet his family. Rogers kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life