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TIL that in 1989 a scuba diver was sucked up by an intake pipe of a nuclear power plant, dragged over 1,600 feet, and deposited in one of the reactor cooling ponds. He lived.

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Z8rop TIL the Adamites were a 2nd century Christian sect that sought to re-create the innocence of the Garden of Eden. To this end they called their church “Paradise”, practiced nudism, rejected marriage and claimed they could do whatever they wanted because they had no knowledge of good/evil.
Jb9v TIL: After losing his wife from breast cancer, a 57 year old man with a prior heart attack attempted to run 75 marathons in 75 consecutive days for single parent awareness. He succeeded.
PYJYn TIL Dr. Phil is NO longer licensed to practice psychology in the US. He had ethics charges for an inappropriate relationship with a patient (1989), a criminal complaint for practicing psychology without a license (California), and violated doctor-patient confidentiality with Britney Spears (2008).
W7xlA TIL in 2019, a hand-drawn cel depicting the twin towers from the classic Simpsons episode “The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson”, was given to the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, in what the curator termed a "hilarious and tender" donation.
9YaLB TIL Wiz Khalifa sparked outrage in 2017 during a visit to Pablo Escobar's grave when he posted pictures of flowers at the grave's headstone. Medellin’s mayor, Federico Gutierrez, called the rapper disrespectful saying he should have brought flowers to the victims of Escobar's violence instead.