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TIL that Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele) and Dwayne McDuffie (writer on Ben 10, JL Unlimited, and Static Shock) are half-brothers. Key never knew the existence of his half-brother until after he had passed away at the age of 49.

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b9Kjj TIL that in 2013, police in Sayre, OK were testing new sonar equipment in Foss Lake. They found two submerged cars containing 3 bodies each that had been missing since 1969 & 1970. Police later concluded all were accidental drownings w/ no foul play.
LQAaQ TIL that from 2003 to 2005, Dell sold over 11 million computers with leaky capacitors, fully aware that the capacitors were almost certain to fail. At one point, 1,000 computers that Dell delivered to the law firm that was defending it in a related lawsuit started failing.
KYMoQ TIL that in a 2006 study, participants who processed a negative experience through talking to a tape recorder reported improved life satisfaction and enhanced mental and physical health relative to those who only thought about it!
0dpdj TIL the song Leave Me Alone by Michael Jackson was a response to the media after a series of negative rumors about the singer, such as MJ sleeping in an oxygen chamber to slow his aging and buying the bones of the "Elephant Man". He was often referred to as "wacko jacko", a term he did not like.
KOgx4 TIL that instead of generating a fever themselves, cold-blooded animals will move themselves to a hotter area to cause a fever when they have an infection