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Jun 24, 2020

TIL Mia Khalifa only worked in the adult film industry for three months in late 2014 yet remains one of the most searched for actresses on adult sites

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Jun 19, 2020

TIL of John Nixon, an 88-year-old former commando who attacked five robbers who were mugging a woman. He was stabbed in the hands and head after trying to disarm one of them. They fled afterwards, leaving empty handed. Nixon survived the encounter and recovered in hospital.

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Jun 18, 2020

TIL an Australian man suffered a sudden and severe form of meningitis at age 29, resulting in a 420-day coma, brain damage, paralysis and later death. The meningitis was caused by a parasite that entered his body 8 years prior after he ate a slug for a dare.

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Jun 18, 2020

TIL during a live performance in 1965, The Kinks guitarist Dave Davies asked drummer Mick Avory "Why don’t you get your cock out and play the snare with it? It’ll probably sound better." In response, Avory knocked Davies unconscious with a cymbal and then fled the venue, thinking he'd killed him.

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Jun 15, 2020

TIL An Arizona man, Paul Menchaca, was charged with multiple counts of sex abuse and fraudulent schemes after he allegedly faked having Down syndrome and hired female caregivers to bathe him and change his diapers. Using an online service, Menchaca posed as his mother to lure alleged victims.

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Jun 11, 2020

TIL a masked Manchester music producer known as "Outlaw" has been driving around at 5 mph blasting McFerrin's "Don't Worry" & handing out free items such as toilet paper, sanitiser, & weed. He's also known for handing out cash to needy at xmas & for giving bags of bud to passersby in Picadilly Gdns.

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Jun 06, 2020

TIL Fidel Castro was obsessed with ice cream, once consuming 18 scoops in one sitting. His love for ice cream inspired him to implement a fully fledged dairy industry in Cuba and he even opened his own ice cream parlor.

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Jun 05, 2020

TIL The man who played McGruff the crime dog was sentenced to 16 years in jail for drugs

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Jun 02, 2020

TIL: Someone hacked into a cable broadcast in Chicago in 1987 wearing a “Max Headroom” mask. Over 30 years later, the hacker still hasn’t been identified.

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May 29, 2020

TIL that Willie Nelson Definitely Smoked Weed on the Roof of the White House with Jimmy Carter's Son

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May 27, 2020

TIL Koreans eat about 600 million chickens per year and Korean fried chicken (or KFC) and beer is so popular that its facination has spread to China via Korean soap operas. A Chinese company once flew all 4500 of its employees to Korea so they all can have KFC and beer.

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May 16, 2020

TIL When it gets too hot in Australia, the nectar in certain flowers will ferment and turn into alcohol. These bees get "drunk" and are not allowed back into the hive before they sober up.

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May 14, 2020

TIL a 20-pound Himalayan house cat went batshit crazy and held a family hostage in their bedroom

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May 11, 2020

TIL A man was jailed for 17 years until lawyers found his doppelganger with the same first name. The authorities reversed his conviction.

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May 10, 2020

TIL that Nintendo can trace its origins back to the time of the Ottoman Empire and even ran brothels to supplement their trading card business.

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May 05, 2020

TIL near the end of WWI, a small fortified town in France called Le Quesnoy was liberated from the Germans after four years of occupation, by New Zealand soldiers in a sneak attack, with zero civilian casualties. Multiple memorials and many of the town's streets are named in NZ's honour.

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May 04, 2020

TIL that Reno/Tahoe was the divorce capital of North America in the early 1900s because of its very lax divorce laws and only requiring 24 weeks of residence to file for divorce.

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May 04, 2020

TIL the German city of Frankfurt Am Main supplies heroin addicts with clean needles and tolerates the consumption of drugs in "shooting galeries" around the central station to control the city's drug scene. This approach is called the "Frankfurt way".

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May 02, 2020

TIL The teen who sold a kidney for an iPhone is now attached to a dialysis machine. He suffered organ failure, and is likely to be bedridden for life after suffering renal deficiency. He could get a transplant for $336,000 AUD on the black market - more than 80 times what he received for his kidney.

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May 01, 2020

TIL that the infamous Heaven's Gate cult supported themselves by doubling as a moderately successful web design firm. Their clients included the San Diego Polo club and a Christian music store.

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