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TIL in 2008, deceased Ian Curtis, former frontman of Joy Division, had his tombstone stolen, with the words “Love will Tear is apart” engraved in it.

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Xg8j TIL that republicans gerrymandered a district in Pennsylvania to eliminate a democratic house representative in 2002. The new district formed a finger that contained his house, but not the spot where he parked his car. He was forced to run against another democrat for representative and lost.
JY7vl TILL That Winifer Fernandez was named #7 by the Salvadorian newspaper El Mundo among the 10 most beautiful and coveted athletes in the world. She reacted expressing that is a honor and a compliment for the Dominican women, but that she would like to be remembered for her playing skills.
VMgoD TIL that Archimedes estimated the value of pi with a polygon in a circle in a polygon. He made the diameter of the circle 1, so the circumference was pi. With the circle's diameter, he found the perimeters of the polygons. Therefore, the value of pi (the circle's circumference) is in between them.
AnZl TIL there is a fish named Salema porgy when eaten causes severe hallucinations lasting up to 36 hours. It was a party drug during the Roman Empire
Rwr8 TIL In 1910, the Diamond Match Company patented the 1st nonpoisonous match in the U.S., which used a safe chemical called sesquisulfide of phophorous. United States President Taft publicly asked Diamond Match to release their patent for the good of mankind. They did on January 28, 1911