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TIL that Anonymous sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all of their ink cartridges

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Lk0LZ TIL Martin Luther King Jr.'s family does not believe James Earl Ray assassinated him and that he was framed for a government conspiracy.
4XgwN TIL Babylonian women had to, by law, consort with 1 stranger who threw a silver coin into their lap while they sat in the "District of Venus". As Babylonian women were usually tall and beautiful, some uglier women had to wait up to 4 years for their coin, before returning home.
rpEM TIL: Lindsey Stirling was told on national TV that she was ultimately unmarketable, and that her violin and dance routine couldn’t fill a theater in Vegas
4k1Kw TIL FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone, who worked undercover as Donnie Brasco to infiltrate the Mafia, received a $500 bonus from his employers at the end of the operation
loN9G TIL of Canadian football, a very similar sport to American football only practiced in Canada; the championship game is a huge sports event there