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TIL Josef Fritzl, a guy who imprisoned and raped his daughter for 24 years, got hundreds of love letters following his arrest

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vPVK8 TIL that after a farm accident the dying farmer scratched his last will and testament onto a tractor fender, the tractor he was pinned under, and that fender was removed and submitted to the courts and ultimately found to be a valid will.
awaob TIL the Roman Catholic Church hired castrati, young boy vocalists who were castrated to prevent puberty allowing them to sing soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto well into their 40s. The practice started in the mid-1500s, reached its height in 1730, and ended in 1903. The last castrati died in 1922
GAk6Q TIL: The US Presidency was technically vacant for 24 hours on March 4-5, 1849
dDyb9 TIL Wolverine almost a cameo in Spider-Man 1, Hugh Jackman travelled to New York to film a scene but the idea was scrapped when the production team realized they had lost Wolverine's suit
9O9m TIL: High Frequency Traders pay up to $6,000/month to get information 2 seconds before the general public