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TIL Al Capone contracted syphilis when he was 20, which is thought to have contributed to his fatal heart attack at 48.

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YkmZ TIL that Postal 2 is banned in New Zealand and owning it or distributing it is punishable by imprisonment
kOE54 TIL scientists observed the transition of unicellular yeast to multicellularity by repeatedly separating cells by gravity and collecting the cells settled at the bottom of the tubes. The cells eventually formed clusters and subsequent genetic mutations favored the clusters over the individual cells.
6ExKX TIL about 'Capture Myopathy' where a captured animal dies from the mere exertion of being captured.
Lk7Pp Today I learned that,Jack Daniels died of sepsis in Lynchburg on October 9, 1911. The infection began in one of his toes, which Daniel injured one morning at work by kicking his safe in anger when he could not get it opened. (It was rumored that he would often times forget the safe combination.)
PYXLe TIL of autistic savant Mark DeFriest, aka Houdini of FL. Arrested on a minor charge as a teen, he got a life sentence from escapes/attempts & pranks. He made a zip gun from a toothpaste tube, replicated keys from memory. In & out of prison since 1978, 27 yrs in solitary; he's in prison to this day.