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TIL in 1978 Sex Pistols member John Lydon (AKA Johnny Rotten) called out Jimmy Saville as a sexual predator during a BBC interview. The clip was edited out before broadcast

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g9k9 TIL Weaponizing weather is against the Geneva Convention.
1xeD TIL Tom Green won 5 Raspberry Awards for “Freddy Got Fingered” in 2002. He showed up in a white Cadillac, rolled out his own red carpet, and had to be dragged off stage because he wouldn’t stop play a harmonica.
mxM1E TIL Hatzegopteryx was the largest flying animal ever. With a skull nearly 3 meters long and a 10 meter wingspan, it was as tall as a giraffe and the top predator feeding on small dinosaurs
ldkA TIL a small town in Nunavut is in the middle of a “suicide crisis”, where 101 people out of a population of 2,800 have attempted suicide in the past year.
OLM1 TIL a man named ‘Colin Chisholm III’ and his wife were convicted of collecting nearly $168K in public assistance, including food, cash, and medical care, all while living on a $1.2M yacht. Chrisholm was the CEO of a satellite TV company and his wife owned a championship dog kennel.