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TIL: Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho was the first movie to show a toilet on screen

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e0YBk TIL that longtime Georgetown basketball coach John Thompson once confronted notorious D.C. drug lord Rayful Edmond III, who had become friendly with several players. When Edmond initially refused to stop contact with said players, the 6'10 Thompson stood up and yelled at Edmond, who then oblidged.
4KMb TIL the the first person to ever unlock an iPhone was 17 year old George Hotz, who subsequently traded it for 3 more iPhones and a Nissan 350z.
6RlJ TIL 84% of Vegetarians and Vegans in the U.S. Return to Meat
E1JVx TIL In 1996, a group of scientists claimed to have found evidence of microscopic fossils formed by Martian primitive life billions of years ago on a meteorite discovered in Antarctica.
oBJlL TIL friendships that start in the 7th grade, (or pupils from 12-13 years old) have a 1% chance of lasting even 5 years.