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TIL Eldon Hoke claimed that he knew who killed Kurt Cobain, but said he would “let the FBI catch him”. Two days after that interview was filmed, he was hit by a train and killed.

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Oo4pe TIL a substitute teacher in Ohio was convicted of four felony counts and sentenced to 90 days in jail along with 3 years of probation, for showing a high school Spanish class the 2012 horror film “The ABCs of Death”.
oByWo TIL 3 billion people still cook over open fires and millions of people die each year from smoke inhalation.
4mXa TIL that jellyfish eggs are fertilized by the male’s sperm in the female’s mouth
Wk8rL TIL that ELO's first album, which was titled 'The Electric Light Orchestra', was released in the USA under the name 'No Answer'; someone had called a United Artists Records executive to ask about the album name, and after failing to reach a contact, wrote 'no answer' in his notes
oRdZo TIL about Tarrare, an 18th-century Frenchman who could eat 15 people's worth of food, live animals, and even swallowed documents for military espionage.