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TIL of John, a teen who was the first person in the UK charged with inciting his own murder. He found his real-life friend Mark in a chatroom and convinced Mark to kill him (John) via a web of fictional characters. Mark stabbed John, convinced the CIA had ordered him to.

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8ewMP TIL there is a gene called GPR75 which is found in some humans, which causes them to gain 44% less weight than people without the gene on the same diet
pQee TIL that sex workers in Australia can claim dance lessons, lingerie and costume makeup as tax deductions. Vibrators and fetish equipment can also be claimed, but as depreciating assets.
4kBJo TIL That RiteAid secretly used AI from 2012-2020 on their security cameras to identify shoplifters, without notifying anyone. They would send pictures to the employees of who to watch and often misidentified people of color more than others.
m1rWY TIL that Phillip Morris, namesake of the company that sells Marlboro, died of lung cancer at 38.
yEgJ TIL that Henry Beecher, anesthesiologist in Boston, published a 1966 article that drew attention to 22 examples of unethical clinical research that had risked patients’ lives, which along with subsequent Congressional investigation led to current guidelines on informed consent and human research.