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TIL of a girl who spent her first 13 years in severe social isolation, usually strapped to a potty chair in a dark room with only a yellow raincoat to look at.

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neDAb TIL that George Washington never wore a wig: his hair was naturally long and lustrous, although he did use powder to make it white.
gMJjX TIL Michael Jackson faced heavy backlash from fellow Jehovah’s Witnesses for the Thriller video and had to add a disclaimer to the beginning that assured he was not a believer in the occult.
yJAl TIL splenda was discovered when a foreign graduate student was told to test a chlorinated sugar compound. He thought he was asked to “taste” it, so he did. It was later found to be safe to eat.
j6jxE TIL that Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, known simply as Cane's, was founded in 1996, and named after the owner's Yellow Labrador Retriever. Other yellow labs have served as the company mascot, though the dog is not seen on signs for the restaurant in Kuwait, where dogs are not popular.
LOeV TIL that when the Czech Republic conducted their 2011 census, their government discovered that 15,070 Czechs had listed their religious beliefs as “Jedi”