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TIL in 2009 a Tennessee man confessed to killing a woman in 1995 on his "deathbed" after he suffered a heart attack & thought he was going to die. However, he survived & tried to retract it, but was still convicted. There had never been any real evidence against him until he unexpectedly provided it

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j6jE TIL that the U.S. Navy lent the Village People a ship for a music video, hoping they would use it as a recruitment tool.
OM94 TIL The Mercury-Redstone rocket used to launch the first American into space was fueled by 75% ethanol and 25% water - essentially Bacardi 151
epxNJ TIL that Dominos quit using “The Noid” in their ads after a mentally ill man named Kenneth Noid thought he was being personally persecuted and entered a Domino's restaurant in Georgia with a .357 Magnum and held two employees hostage for over five hours.
4XZN5 TIL Emmy winners don't actually get to keep the statuette and instead have to buy it for $400 if they choose.
1RW7 TIL Orson Scott Card wrote in 2008 that “marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will act to destroy that government and bring it down.”