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TIL The Nazis used tickling as a form of torture

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R7BR4 TIL in 1968 a group of Star Trek fans cornered William Sharner as he left 30 Rockefeller Plaza, and attempted to rip his clothes off. It is likely that this event stopped Shatner from attending Star Trek conventions for over a decade.
XEv9r TIL that Vincent Gallo and Roger Ebert feuded over Ebert's criticism of Gallo's film "The Brown Bunny." Gallo said he hexed Ebert's colon to give him cancer, to which Ebert replied watching his own colonoscopy was more fun than watching Gallo's film.
rNR5d TIL that there are some states in the US where children as young as 14 are allowed to drive.
6E8NQ TIL a couple from Alberta went to their abandoned farm to scavenge the septic tank pump instead of buying a new one, only to find the body of a man that was brutally tortured before being dumped there. The murder remains unsolved.
jv8v TIL In 2009, Stephen Hawking held a reception for time travelers, but didn’t publicize it until after it had happened. This way, only those who could travel back in time would be able to attend.