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TIL: There is something called 'The Glitter Conspiracy'. One of the largest producers of glitter doens't want to tell what tge glitter is used for. Theories range from the use in explosives to boats

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wd77 TIL The man who accused Michael Jackson of molesting his son in a 1993 lawsuit claimed his son revealed he had been molested while under anesthesia during a dental procedure he (the father) was preforming. The son was later granted a permanent restraining order against his father.
QJb89 TIL that Anne Frank was in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at the same time as two of her pre-war friends. These two friends, Hanneli Goslar and Nanette Blitz, survived the Holocaust and are still alive today.
4X8xJ TIL Alec Guinness agreed to appear in Star Wars only after he negotiated a deal that doubled his initial salary offer, guaranteed he wouldn’t have to do any publicity for the film, and that he would be awarded 2.25% of all gross royalties paid to George Lucas
Pa6E TIL a Spam text message stopped a suicide bomber New Years Eve 2010.
x5ao TIL Chips the dog was the most decorated war dog from WW II. He forced 4 machine-gunners to surrender and he helped take 10 Italians prisoner. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star, and Purple Heart; however, these awards were later revoked because he was a dog