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TIL in 1976, then 16-year-old “Weird” Al Yankovic started his career by handing a homemade tape of original and parody songs performed on the accordion in his bedroom into a “cheesy little tape recorder” to Dr Demento, a radio DJ who was speaking at his school.

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XEZrD TIL of George R. Price, a population geneticist known for developing the most widely accepted mathematical interpretation of altruism. After realizing his equation implied that altruistic behavior serves an innate selfish purpose, Price became increasingly depressed and eventually committed suicide.
E1LBw TIL there was a 12th Amendment that was passed by Congress that, with the current US population, would require 6,658 members of the House of Representatives.
9Y0BQ TIL The Halifax Explosion was the biggest man made non weapons test explosion that resulted in casualties, with force equivalent to 2.9 kilotons of TNT the explosion caused 60 foot tsunami's and a shock wave that traveled at 7889 meter/s (23X speed of sound) and temperatures of 9,000°F at the center
neGrd TIL U.S. prisoners are feed a flavorless brick named "disciplinary loaf" for misbehaving.
WZP4 TIL Billy Milligan, a criminal had life so disturbed that his mind fractured into at least 24 personalities. For each of these personalities; his speech pattern was different, his accents were different. He sat different ways in the chair.