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TIL that James Earl Ray's brother once tried to sell a videotape of his brother's autopsy for $400K.

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OVY6 TIL You can’t breathe while pooping because your epiglottis closes and you use the air pressure in your lung to push out the.. waste.
pY9Ze TIL up until the 90s Oscar voters for best documentary used to show up to a screening theater and given a flashlight. 15 minutes after a documentary is played, voters can turn on their flashlight to stop the documentary. If 3/4 of the voters have their lights on, they can move on to the next doc.
ne8Pr TIL about The Fregoli syndrome - a rare disorder in which a person holds a delusional belief that different people are in fact a single person who changes appearance or is in disguise. The patients are often paranoid they're being persecuted by the person they believe is in disguise.
Nj78 TIL Alan Shepherd, first American in space, told reporters his final thought before takeoff was “the fact that every part of the ship was built by the lowest bidder”
pVP4 TIL when regulators were considering limiting the use of flame retardants in furniture, a doctor gave up his liscense after telling lawmakers false stories of babies who suffered fatal burns while on cushioning that lacked flame retardants. The industry secretly paid him $240,000 for his testimony.