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TIL after seeing the 1989 Tony Danza comedy "She's out of Control" film critic Gene Siskel felt so distraught & depressed he nearly quit his career as a film critic.

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yQZ0e TIL that Franklin D Roosevelt's grandfather Warren Delano made a fortune smuggling opium into China around the time of the first Opium War
kJvp7 TIL that should an American citizen somehow get permission to travel to North Korea, the US government asks that they write a will for themself
0dNdj TIL in silkworm farms of 16th century Italy, delicate silkworm eggs were incubated by women who carried them in small bags next to their skin, sometimes between their breasts
N7P7J TIL that from 1959 to 1984 London, Ontario, Canada was the serial killer capital of the world
Oo8A4 TIL of ball lightning. Not taken seriously by scientists until the 60s , it is said to be a ball of light seen during a thunderstorm that appear to move on their own. it is a rare and unexplained phenomenon and has only recently been studied by scientists.