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TIL the 2024 Olympics in Paris will feature Breakdancing as an event

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xZQ5 TIL Florida Man Carl Tanzler, an X-ray tech, fell in love with a patient and exhumed her body when she died to sleep with her corpse for 7 years. Charges were dropped because the statue of limitations expired by the time anyone found out.
OGLje TIL that in 1982, the members of the punk rock band Misfits were arrested in New Orleans because of grave robbing while attempting to locate the grave of voodoo practitioner Marie Laveau, but bailed themselves out of jail and skipped their court date to drive to their next performance in Florida.
8eGkP TIL there are international human-dog dance competitions, with complex routines set to music.
rREbe TIL When Albert Grossman, Janis Joplin's manager, learned about her substance abuse, he decided to buy insurance worth $200k on her life instead of confronting her about her habit.
166dr TIL Jim Henson was an early pioneer in digital sets and computer-created puppets.