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TIL Ted Kaczynski (aka the Unabomber) received an invitation in 2012 to the 50th reunion for Harvard’s 1962 undergraduate class while at ADX Florence prison. In his RSVP, he listed his occupation as ‘prisoner’.

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8eexG TIL in 1945 a Nazi U-boat was destroyed because of a malfunctioning toilet
GYBm1 TIL that the irrational fear of palindromes (words or sentences that read the same backwards, i.e. Racecar) is known as Aibohphobia. Ironically, Aibohphobia itself is a palindrome as well.
Y7vRW TIL an Ottoman official in early 20th Century Paris was offered male prostitues by his host, who thought that being Turkish, he would be interested in sodomy.
yQd1l TIL of Ada Roe, who was 3 years old when the American civil war began (1861) and lived long enough to see the moon landing (1969).
oJjL TIL “47 Ronin” Starring Keanu Reeves was the biggest box office flop in history. Losing over $149 million, enough to put universal deep in the red in 2013.