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TIL that the Judge Rotenberg Center, a SPED (Special-needs Education) School in Massachusetts, has been, and still is, using electroshock devices and other violent means to “discipline” misbehaving students.

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e0onD TIL The Offspring made an April Fool's joke by saying that their 7th album would be called "Chinese Democrazy" since Guns n' Roses was taking so long to release their album. Axl Rose actually fell for it and filed a Cease and Desist against them.
4kX1o TIL that when his film Uncut Gems began to receive critical acclaim, Adam Sandler threatened the world with making "the worst movie ever" if he did not receive a nomination for Best Actor at the Oscars. He was not nominated.
OoAgY TIL The Kiwi fruit is not from New Zealand, it’s from China. It was the New Zealand farmers who named it Kiwi fruit so they could market it.
lorO7 TIL in 2013 a Canadian bank robber obsessed with Taylor Swift stole a Cessna 172 from a flight school, crossed the US border and flew to Nashville undetected. The plane crashed at Nashville International Airport, killing him instantly. No one noticed the burning wreck for five hours.
J1wAl TIL that a 700 year old lead sarcophagus was discovered under the floor of the Notre Dame cathedral after it was burnt down. And that the sarcophagus will be opened sometime soon.