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TIL Jack Merrill, actor from Law and Order and Grey's anatomy, was abducted by John Wayne Gacy, aka the Killer Clown.

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NNKN TIL Fred Phelps, founder of the Westboro Baptist (“God Hates Fags”) Church, was excommunicated from the church he founded shortly before his death, because he apparently had a change of heart about gay people, calling the gay activists living across the street from the church “good people”
dKL8 TIL a man was ordered to pay child support after his girlfriend performed oral sex, saved his semen, and inseminated herself.
yZWM TIL, NSFW: A Playboy Centerfold was the standard test image by which graphic designers measured and compared advances in color, transitions, uniform regions, sharp edges, and electronic transmission.
oRmdo TIL Two of Kurt Cobain's closest friends, Mark Lanegan and Dylan Carlson credit Courtney Love with saving their lives in the years after his death. She felt he would want them to be saved and decided to support them both morally and financially so they can go to rehab and turn their lives around
Y7gKx TIL about William Duell, a criminal, who was hanged in 1740. His body was sent to be dissected for medical purposes. However, he started breathing and was revived by the staff. His sentence was commuted, and he was exiled to North America where he died at an old age.