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TIL that in 2013 a Georgia man was arrested for plugging his car in at a school for 20 minutes and “stealing” 5 cents worth of electricity. He wasn’t the first electric-car owner to be so charged.

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NwP TIL 1/3 of LBGT Youth have attempted suicide, that 4 out 5 students in public schools do not have a supportive adult, 65% of LBGT students do not feel safe at school, 41% reported violence from peers, family or strangers, and 26% of LBGT youth that come out are told are kicked out of their homes…
lowEN TIL that Werner Heisenberg was pressured by the Nazis to work on the atomic bomb, and his refusal would mean death. Heisenberg took on the project, but purposely sabotaged it to ensure failure.
a8jw9 TIL the Cretaceous-era turtle Kallokibotion bajazidi’s scientific name literally means “beautiful box of Bajazid” and that Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, the paleontologist who named the species, named it that because the shape of the turtle’s shell reminded him of his lover Bajazid Doda’s butt.
j6Rxn TIL The idea for what would become the George Foreman grill, was originally offered to Hulk Hogan. He declined. Foreman has made over $500 million from this product alone
j6wBv TIL that despite it being one of her best known songs, Doris Day hated performing "Que Sera, Sera", calling it "a kiddie song" and considered it inappropriate for the film it was written for, The Man Who Knew Too Much (which is about a kidnapped child). She eventually refused to ever sing it again.