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TIL televangelist Pat Robertson diverted charitable donations meant to aid post genocide Rawanda to fund the operation of blood diamond mines.

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LQbM9 TIL of Earp’s Vendetta Ride, a deadly search carried out by Wyatt Earp searching for the cowboys responsible for maiming his brother Virgil and killing his brother Morgan in the Arizona Territory. The search will end with 4 dead and an arrest warrant being issued for Wyatt.
DQLMJ TIL: Olive Garden stopped salting its pasta water because the salt voided warranties on its pots
gwPL TIL There was a real team of Jewish assassins called “The Avengers" who tracked down and executed Nazi war criminals after WWII.
yQ4ja TIL Scotland banned Christmas for nearly 400 years. It didn’t become a public holiday until 1958.
ZpaLR TIL about “minced oaths” — a type of euphemism based on a profanity or blasphemy that has been altered to remove the objectionable characteristics of the original expression