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TIL Lark Voorhies (Lisa Turtle from Saved by the Bell) wrote a book rife with grammatical errors and insane ramblings called “True Light”. The first paragraph alone has over 70 commas.

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rReD1 TIL that Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward almost died after a prank by his band. After finding Ward naked and unconscious after a night of heavy drinking, they thought it would be funny to cover the drummer from head to toe in paint. Ward soon became violently ill and had a seizure
x8bD TIL Noah Webster, the founder of Merriam-Webster, learned 26 languages in order to evaluate the etymology of words
D1o7e TIL about Deep Springs College, a two year, ~26 student college located on a rural California ranch. Tuition is free but students are expected to work on the farm year-round, isolated from all technology and society.
nWkgb TIL that in 1977 the city of Florence, Oregon accidentally banned having sex.
D1Yxj TIL: From the 1500’s - 1800’s tomatoes were usually only consumed by the poor because they were considered poisonous to the rich. The high lead content of pewter silverware and plates would leech into high acidic foods when eaten causing poisoning and death.