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TIL a 54 year old New Yorker called Darius McCollum has been arrested over 30 times for illegally driving New York City public transport. He claims an overwhelming compulsion to do this due to this Asperger's. He is currently locked up with little chance of release.

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yQagl TIL in 2000, Canadian opposition leader Stockwell Day proposed referendums on internet petitions if they reached 350,000 signatures - or about 3% of the population. A comedian proposed that Stockwell Day legally change his first name to Doris. It got over 370,000 signatures
41Yb TIL A 7300 kg sperm whale was exploded using half a ton of dynamite with chunks of flesh flying up to 240m away. By coincidence, a brand new Oldsmobile, purchased during a “Get a Whale of a Deal” promotion, was flattened by a chunk of falling blubber after the blast.
W7G49 TIL that orcas spend their entire lives with their mothers. Only one whale is known to have survived alone: Luna (or Tsux'iit) was young when separated and ended up in Nootka Sound. He was adored by locals for his interactive and playful demeanor, seeking socialization intensely without his pod.
78V0M TIL David Spade's brother and his wife own Kate Spade New York. Kate Spade committed suicide in 2018.
vPRMx TIL Virgil McCroskey purchased 4,400 acres of land for tourism in Idaho on the condition he maintain it himself for 15 years; McCroskey accepted the terms, and lived exactly 15 more years, fulfilling his obligation to the state of Idaho just weeks before his death in 1970 at age 93.