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TIL William Dear, a respected PI, did his own investigation into the deaths of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. With his findings over 18 years, he wrote the book “OJ is Innocent and I Can Prove It” and a documentary “The Overlooked Suspect” which can’t be found anywhere online.

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0rP5 TIL During storms at sea the waves would rock the boat so seasick passengers would head below deck to a lower point where the rocking was less noticeable. Passengers were thus forced under the deck by the weather… and the expression “under the weather” was born!
woyg8 TIL that serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin’s spree from 1977-1980 which would claim the lives of 21 people, was financed in part by blood bank donations.
8kZL TIL In George Washington’s farewell address, he warned against foreign influence in domestic affairs, bitter partisanship in domestic politics, permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, and called for men to move beyond partisanship and serve the common good.
R7PjQ TIL that in 1996, an American citizen swam across a Chinese river into North Korea on a drunken dare. He got caught, was held and imprisoned under suspicion of being a spy, but was eventually released back to the U.S. He committed suicide a few weeks later.
DX6p TIL the lowest grossing major film in American history is “Zyzzyx Rd” starring Katherine Heigl - it made $20.