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TIL Hawaii still has an active leper colony

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ZbBY TIL, a woman in Nebraska tried to sue all gay people. Her appeal had no legal references, but quoted Webster’s Dictionary and the Bible.
9YrGB TIL in February 14, 1990 as the Voyager 1 completed its primary mission and was leaving the Solar System, NASA commanded it to turn its camera around and take one last photograph of Earth across a great expanse of space, at the request of astronomer Carl Sagan. The Earth is seen as a Pale Blue Dot.
lDe5 TIL that the woman who sang the “Blame Canada” song from South Park (Mary Bergman), committed suicide before the 2000 Oscars, prompting Robin Williams (who also committed suicide) to sing it instead. [Full story inside]
5YkJp TIL the actor who played Uncle Lewis in Christmas Vacation (William Hickey) was only 61 years old when the movie was filmed
4dma TIL that Kim Jong Un has started to edit pictures to depict a different history just as previous communist leaders Mao and Stalin did.