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TIL that Joker director Todd Phillips made a documentary about violent punk rocker GG Allin and asked Allin's friend, the incarcerated serial killer clown John Wayne Gacy, to paint the poster art. Gacy agreed but only if Philips sent a compromising photo of himself, to which Philips obliged.

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VMAQG TIL GOP US House Rep, Duke Cunningham, was convicted of several crimes, served prison time, and was released. Duke then tried to get a gun permit, but the judge denied the request citing a law that limits gun permits for convicted criminals – a law that Cunningham voted for while in Congress
RR67 TIL there are moths that feed on the tears of sleeping birds.
M7eR8 TIL The QBert arcade game had a special "knocker" inside the cabinet that would make a physical "knock" when QBert fell off the stage (landing inside the arcade cabinet.)
O9QL TIL of a British Marine who flung himself back-first onto a grenade to save his comrades. Though the explosion threw him in the air, his rucksack absorbed the blast and he walked away with a nosebleed and a headache
e0oNk TIL how the anti-flatulence drug Beano works. Flatulence is caused by complex sugars that your body cannot properly digest. Beano contains a digestive enzyme extracted from a fungus that is capable of digesting these fart precursors.