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x6Jrk TIL that Butthole Surfers singer Gibby Haynes lived with psychologist Timothy Leary in the 1980s, who tested various combinations of drugs on him.
e0wBk TIL that while pregnant, Gene Tierney contracted German measles from a fan who had escaped quarantine to meet her. Her baby was born deaf and intellectually disabled as a result, inspiring the Agatha Christie book The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side
b9YeZ TIL that Karl Marx, George Michael and Douglas Adams are all buried in the same cemetery (Highgate Cemetery) in London
17d7 TIL You have the right to resist an unlawful arrest, upto and including the killing of an arresting officer. And this right has been upheld by the Supreme Court.
5YORp TIL of Shizo Kanakuri, a japanese athlete who collapsed during the 1912 olympics marathon. Embarrassed, he went home without notifying race officials. He eventually came back to finish, with a time of 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.3 seconds