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TIL that British woman Amy Dallamura was banned from being within 50 meters of the sea after she unsuccessfully tried to commit suicide by throwing herself into the ocean fifty times - costing emergency crews over £1m

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xV9nD TIL Author Robert Howard created Conan the Barbarian and invented the entire 'sword and sorcery' genre. He took care of his sickly mother his entire adult life, never married and barely dated. The day his mother finally died, he he walked out to his car, grabbed a gun, and shot himself in the head.
mxXZO TIL After regretting supporting the internment camps, Dr. Seuss dedicated Horton Hears a Who to a Japanese friend as an apology.
PBjV TIL that a crayon molder named Emerson Moser worked at Crayola for 45 years and on his last day he revealed that he was color blind
w4NE TIL comedian Albert Brooks changed his name when he entered show business. His real name is Albert Einstein