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TIL That Buddy Bolden, the man credited with creating the musical innovations that would lead to the birth of Jazz, had acute schizophrenia and was permanently committed to a mental institution at age 30.

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Bgglk TIL the head of the Swedish Uppsala Mafia (Uppsalamaffian) made off with over 200 million dollars with the release of a hand held gaming console called the Gizmondo that was immediately met with such harsh negative reception, it was deemed "one of the worst gaming consoles ever".
XElZR TIL human eggs are visible to the naked eye.
RMe9 TIL Dexter Holland from The Offspring is a Ph.D candidate at USC and is working on his dissertation on RNA in HIV & Cancer.
Jk5j TIL of King Mithridates of Pontus, who ingested many different poisons in graduating amounts to become immune so that he couldn’t be poisoned by his enemies. When he was captured, he tried to commit suicide by poisoning himself but failed because he was immune.
69AxY TIL that Roland the Farter was a medieval flatulist and jester that was given a manor and 30 acres of land in exchange for performing "One jump and whistle and one fart" for King Henry the 2nd every Christmas.