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TIL Albert Einstein had an affair with a Soviet spy.

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x66r0 TIL that Holt, Missouri received 12" of rain in 42minutes on June 22, 1947, setting a surprising record
yJWe TIL in 2014 prescription drugs surpassed car crashes as the leading cause of accidental death in 29 US states.
MJJb TIL Daniel Norris, a 21yo baseball player who recently joined the Toronto Bluejays with a $2,000,000 signing bonus, lives and sleeps in a VW bus. He has also never drunk alcohol, works part time in the off-season at a retail store, and spends no more than $800 a month.
kJ4RE TIL Four NASA interns stole $20 million in moon rocks in order to sell them for profit. Two of said interns reportedly crushed up sample and placed them under a pillow on order to “have sex on the Moon”
eplVb TIL that "Julian and Sandy", gay characters in a 1960s radio show, were the first to introduce the gay slang language Polari to a wider audience.