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TIL that an active serial killer was a contestant on The Dating Game. (He won.)

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Pwaw TIL that when ships pass through Point Nemo in the southern Pacific Ocean, the closest other humans are in the International Space Station 400km up.
7jvP TIL the Grandfather Clause. After the American Civil War, South States made literacy tests to prevent former black slaves from voting. When whites failed them too, an exception was given to anyone whose Grandfather was eligible to vote. All whites had eligible grandfathers and few blacks did.
9Y4xX TIL There was a pornographic video game for the Atari 2600 called Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em. Players control two nude women; the goal is to catch semen in their mouths, which is falling from a masturbating man on a rooftop, without missing.
kJAM1 TIL the Soccer Ashes Tournament. It was played between Australia and New Zealand every year from the 1920s until the trophy for it was lost in the 1950s. It was found again this year in a former Australian soccer star's garage so they restarted the tournament this year.
RKy7 TIL of “The Walkie-Talkie,” a building in London that unintentionally melted cars and changed weather patterns due to its concave design which focused a beam of light 6 times brighter sunlight and heated the pavement to nearly 250°F at certain spots.