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TIL John Casablancas, the founder of Elite Modeling, married a 17 year old when he was 50

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EmK0 TIL Werner Heisenberg, the creator of quantum mechanics, said, “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass God is waiting for you.”
b9440 Today I learned of Gayle Grinds, who after being couch ridden for 6 years had become fused to the couch and died during surgery to remove it.
790L TIL Stockholm, Sweden tested a “Speed Camera Lottery” where speed limit-abiding drivers were automatically entered into a drawing to win a prize pool funded out of fines paid by speeders.
LkBYZ TIL of the Youth International Party, a US political party in the 1960’s who’s nomination for president was a pig named Pigasus
oRjLY TIL the endonym for Bhutan is "Drukyul", meaning "the Land of the Thunder Dragon". Their head of state is "Druk Gyalpo", the Dragon King, and he wears "Uzha Jarogchen", the Raven Crown.