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TIL Ashton Kutcher once almost committed suicide by jumping off a hospital roof so his dying brother could have his heart.

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ppVA TIL that O. J. Simpson filmed a TV pilot just before being accused of murdering his wife and her friend in 1994. In ‘Frogmen’ Simpson holds a knife to the throat of a woman and reportedly received military training on how to use it, but the prosecution did not use the film during the trial.
N7ALP TIL In 2016, a monkey fell on a transformer at a Kenya hydroelectric power plant, resulting in the loss of 180 megawatts of power which caused a nationwide blackout. The monkey survived and power was restored after four hours.
R5xl9 TIL Will Purvis, who was convicted of murder in 1894 and had always maintained his innocence, told the jury he would "live longer than the lot of them." He survived a hanging, was re-incarcerated, and eventually pardoned and released.
v1O7j TIL that the city of Toronto once said that a staircase for seniors in a park would cost $65,000-$150,000 to build. In response, a man built it for $550, then the city tore it down.
RN87 TIL the first McDonald drive-thru was opened near a military base to serve soldiers who weren’t permitted to get out of their cars while wearing fatigues.