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TIL in 1992, a dancer from the Philippines was admitted to a Japanese hospital and died a week later from hepatitis. When her body was flown back and her coffin opened for the funeral, her family found she was stabbed and beaten to death.

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6EamW TIL about 'Bakers Torpedo', an ELECTRIC car that raced to 100mph in 1902 beating the previous land speed record by 25mph
JYro4 TIL the shape of Spaghetti-Os is actually a real type of pasta. It's not just an American invention. Its true name is Anelli and it's a traditional pasta variety. It even has a holiday on December 11th called National Noodle Ring Day.
78WwM TIL: Vanilla sky was the only movie to get permission to shut down Times Square for any amount of time
loARB TIL the great piano composer Frédéric Chopin wrote the third movement of his first piano sonata entirely in 5/4 time, a time signature that was extremely rare in classical music of its time.
wjL8 TIL in 2001 a man robbed his victims by cutting hazelnuts in half, inserting a sedative drug, and glueing them back together. He would wait for them to pass out, and then steal their belongings.