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TIL: A mother sickened her son by feeding him massive amounts of salt (eventually killing him) because she liked the attention she got on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media for having a very ill child.

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N7VZE TIL that Mark Knopfler, lead singer and guitarist of the band, Dire Straits, wrote “Money For Nothing” after overhearing deliverymen in a New York appliance store complain about their jobs while watching MTV. Most of the lyrics were things they actually said.
OGV5a TIL Adults with ADHD and SOI: Had their onset of melatonin an average of 1.5 hours later than normal, which correlated with falling asleep much beyond their bedtime.
wLBlY TIL The Washington Monument’s many blocks are held together by just gravity and friction. No mortar was used in the building process.
YbYA TIL in 1945, Grace Hopper traced a computer problem to a moth between the relays, then taped it up into her log book and wrote, “First actual case of a bug being found.” This popularized the terms “bug” and “debug” and her log book is now stored within the Smithsonian.
rN6xx TIL that Melbourne, Australia has the largest Greek speaking population in the world outside of Greece and Cyprus. Melbourne is sometimes referred to as Greece’s ‘third city’ after Athens and Thessaloniki.